Wow. A busy week was last week. On Monday night we had Remi's winter concert for band. Well actually I had it. Oscar stayed home with Kit and Ella who really didn't need a late night and Matt couldn't make it. Remi has really come along as a clarinet player and I love to see them all dressed up in their shirts and ties.

By Friday it was Kit's turn for his winter concert in chorus (choir). He'll have a spring concert for the drums, but they don't let them play publically yet. He'd come home on Thursday saying how all the teachers had told him what a great job he'd done and how he was a natural after they'd done the school performance for the younger grades. I thought this was a little odd as who can really tell who is a good singer in a choir and to be honest Kit needs a little work.

But towards the end of their performance I understood why. They did a song called "hot chocolate" from the movie the polar express and they had hand actions to go with it. That's when Kit just took center stage. He was so expressive-he looked like a dancer on Broadway or something. So Funny. The new boy from Oz.If you can't tell which one he is (Matt didn't recognise him because he didn't have his signature bedhead redhead) he's in the front row, 6th from the left.

Friday night Ella celebrated her birthday (which is next week) with a sleepover party with 3 of her friends. They watched movies ( Wall E and Kit Kittredge - both fantastic movies) and did makeovers on each other. It was nice actually. They slept on the loungeroom floor, so the boys were a little put out, but they were pretty good about it. Saturday we really needed to take it easy...tired kids and Kit's twisted his ankle a little. So we hunkered down for a rewatch of Kit Kittredge and a rest...only to realise that we'd missed the last ballet rehersal before the concert next week (besides the dress rehersal). OOOPS! Kit is the nutcracker in the nutcracker so kind of important role...I'll have to explain it somehow to his dance teacher.
Saturday night we had a Christmas party at friends in NY, then Sunday afternoon we had a Christmas block party. All pretty exhausting. I'm socialised out. Remi and Oscar also went out to the movies with friends. Looking forward to having a relaxed week before we get crazy into the ballet this weekend. 4 performances over 3 days...oh yeah and we have to celebrate Ella's birthday in there somewhere too. WHEW! Don't be surprised if you don't see me again for a while.

And I'll leave you with a photo I found on my camera of the full moon. Taken by Remi on Friday night. It was supposed to be the biggest moon for a while or something (we certainly had major flooding on our land)...It's a pretty photo when it's big, although the moon still looks small to me.Have a great week!