Tis the Season

Its that time of year where little child sing on a big stage for the all the world to hear.  I got an inside look at the production.  Here is Mary's class practicing.

Here is the St. Pat's band, you can see Becca in the middle with the red sweater on.

Mary will kick off the pictures from the concert.  I was busy being a teacher so thank you Mike for all the pics!

The 3rd and 4th grade did the ABC of Christmas.

The 8th grades did a new twist on the 12 Days of Christmas.

Patrick's whole school (all 34 of them) performed a choir concert the next night.  No, he does not smile.

The Kindergarteners and 4th grades put on a production of the 5 Glorious Mysteries at school.  

Although there was a Mary in each mystery, our Mary got to go first.

Here is the whole cast, both classes.  They did a really great job.

 

That's it for now.  Mike may add to the pictures later this week so come back and see.

Annual Tree Hunt

It was time once again to go tree hunting.  This year we went a week early than normal because of the activities schedule.  Enjoy.

I know Becca is hiding in this near-by tree, but I'm not sure why Mary is running around it.

Cecilia's turn to cut.

Becca is so weird!

So we brought the tree home.  While Mike and Patrick were busy figuring out the tree stand (which later broke), Becca got weird again.

It was Mary's first time to put the angel on top of the tree.

Good job!

Mike thought it would be nice to get a picture of the kids in front of the tree.  Tilly thought Becca needed some loving.

We did manage to get some nice shots.

More to come soon.

The Birthday Girls

We celebrated our girls a little differently this year.  I managed to get a few shots of them together before school started.  You can see that Becca is still half asleep for these.

For the first time in her life, Cecilia got to celebrate her birthday alone.  Becca was busy with basketball and cheerleading.  She had homemade pizza for dinner and Dragon's Breathe ice cream for desert.

Who knew a dragon's breathe was purple?

Later that week, when she didn't have so much going on, Becca got a solo celebration as well.  She did enjoy herself despite the look she's giving the camera.

Its hard to believe but Becca has almost finished her last year of basketball at St. Pats.  The whole family got to go to 8th Grade Night (there have been attendance restrictions) and celebrate all the girls.  I love that all the other 8th graders from our school showed up to celebrate as well.

My girl coming out of the tunnel.

Here are all the 8th grade boys and most of the other girls acting as cheerleaders.

Here we are with our big girl.

All the 8th grade basketball girls and their parents.