Countdown to Christmas!

 We are getting closer and closer to Christmas! We've been busy catching up with all of the performances we missed out on last year. It has been very busy but so much fun to watch these kiddos perform. Ellie had her school chorus Christmas concert, Emma and Mack had their K-kids Choir Christmas show, and Mack had a guitar recital this weekend. In the middle of all that, we squeezed in a small celebration for Worth's 42nd birthday. There are several videos on this post because the pictures just didn't do it justice! 

I've got 3 very excited little people in my house now that school is out and the Christmas countdown has begun! 

Ellie's 7th grade class for the Christmas chorus concert. I had a seat WAY in the back, so my pictures aren't great. 

This video is terrible, but it is part of one of the cute songs they sang. It's from the Broadway musical, Elf: 

Ellie had a solo part that was so cute! 

Ellie's solo was short, but so funny! She even got a "Felix" award for it: 

I was unable to get great pictures at the K-Kids concert. you can make out Emma on the back row in green in this picture and Mack was just behind the piano, so we never could see him. 

The songs were beautiful though and the kids did so well! 

Emma even got to sing with 3 other girls this year. They sang "Silent Night" in German: 

These 2 did a great job! 

Elie's chorus had a 2nd performance at the Hahira Train Depot for the lighting of the Hahira City Christmas tree. It was cold and rainy, but they put on a great show! 

We ended the Train Depot night with a Waffle House dinner and cookie cake to celebrate Worth's  42nd birthday a day late. (He was on call the day before on his actual birthday) 

Emma and Mack got to go visit Santa last weekend. Ellie was still sleeping and preferred not to be woken up for this event. Mack refused to tell Santa what he wanted for Christmas, so Santa told him to make sure he wrote it in a letter for him. 

Doughnuts, cookies, and making reindeer food after seeing Santa. 

This Saturday Mack we had another Christmas performance. This time, it was Mack's guitar recital. He did so good! 

Mack had a solo performance in which he played "Evergreen Forest" with his teacher accompanying him. His class performed "Jingle Bells" as a group. 

This is actually both of the guitar groups. His class is only about 1/2 of these kids. 

The grandparents made an appearance to cheer on our guitarist. 

I think even Ellie and Emma were proud of their little brother. 

This was Mack and Emma cuddling on the couch this morning. We were lazy and watched church via livestream. It was too cute not to get a photo. 

We bribed Ellie with coffee to get her to wake up and come watch with us.