Holiday Family Activities

December 2018


Riley was part of The King and I which was a Christmas production put on at our church. It took us by surprise he wanted to be part of it.
Practices began sometime in September I think and lasted until a week before Christmas. He had practice every Wednesday evenings and Sunday mornings. Those morning practices were tough, not on him but on me, lol. I am not a morning person so waking up at 6:30 am take a shower, eat breakfast and finish getting ready was always a challenge for me. We were late a few times.

Riley had fun at practice even when a few older boys were being mean to Riley and a few other younger boys... yes, even at church. We weren't happy about that so Jacob made sure to let one of the leaders know and we were pleased when they addressed the problem. If kids don't behave at church then when is a good time to do so? right? That's unacceptable. After that talking to, the older boys behaved themselves.

Riley wanted to sing in the choir but didn't want a solo. He made sure to be very specific about that. LOL!  But once he was on stage he sang loud. I was able to clearly hear him from my seat.

He did good. They all did, it was cute.

A few days before Christmas break his class made gingerbread houses.

Um, I don't think he had a design in mind, he just went with it. It looks like a mountain covered in candy, lol.

We don't stay indoors once the weather changes. We still need to stay active so we make sure to layer up and bundle up before hitting the trails or go on a casual walk. I really don't like to be confined indoors for long. Sometimes we'll go to the YMCA but I quickly become overwhelmed with people and noise and the humidity in the pool area is just too much for me. That's not the place for me to be. So this is why I prefer the outdoors.

Here we were at Carkeek Park in Seattle. It's got trails and a pedestrian bridge which connects to the beach side on the Puget Sound. I'm not really sure how often the train passes through here but one can see it in the distance and it's cool to be able to see it up close while standing on the pedestrian bridge as it passes by. The engineer always sounds the horn, kids get a kick out of it.

Rock skipping continues ... a favorite activity of theirs. In the meantime I like to take in the gorgeous scenery and collect small white rocks. I have a glass bowl full of them.

Being outdoors on a cloudy day is heaven on earth for me.

Cherish your family, make time, 

have patience and laugh often with them.