The Christmas Show

Last weekend, Ryan had his school Christmas Show. The entire school opened the show with God Bless America - so cute! Then each classroom sang their individual songs. Ry's class, the oldest, was last and they did a great job. Ryan was a camel and from the looks of things, we kept him up a bit too late the night before because he yawned more than he sang. But he did a great job and tried his best. For the conclusion, the whole school got back on the altar and sang as a group to end the show. This is the part I somehow missed (filming from the middle of the Church)... Emma hands Byron her sippy cup and candy and says "Hold this Daddy, I'll be right back." Then she marches up onto the alter, places herself in line and starts singing and copying what the other kids are doing. Clearly it did not matter if she was part of the show or not - she wanted to be and that's all there was to it! There are many ways of describing Emma... shy is not one of them.

In case you're wondering, we like our tree's leaning to the ground!! Check out the handsome kid in front!

Emma tried her best to be inconspicuous... she didn't want to draw attention to herself.

Ryan is the 'Camel'... kid in yellow on the end!

Emma looks like she knows she shouldn't be there but just doesn't care. You can almost hear the 'Ha, Ha!'

And here she is following right along... Ryan the Camel in the background. Poor kid.

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Later that day Pam, Jeff and Natalie came down and we celebrated Ryan's birthday (AGAIN). Byron cooked a yummy dinner and we all hung out and relaxed a bit. Mom-Mom & Pop-Pop brought the kids special bears that read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' and Emma really loves it!

This boy is serious about his cake!

Even Baby Natalie is fascinated by the story-telling bear.

Ryan's cool Pirate Sweater. He got so many great gifts - thank you everyone!