December was full of activity

My December calendar seemed to be endlessly marked with concerts and drama performances.  Olivia took part in drama at the middle school this semester.  She had a little role in a skit they performed at the middle school choir concert.  I always love watching Olivia up on stage.  She does such a great job.  Their skit was from "The Christmas Story" and she played the mom.  So cute.  She really didn't want me to take a picture of her afterwards.

 Sammie had a choir concert and they sounded so beautiful.  Sammie has the sweetest look on her face when she sings in a choir.  I love it.  Their teacher is so good and Sammie has been learning so much and her voice has been getting so sweet and pretty.  I almost teared up, it all just seemed so sweet to me.

Sammie also tried out some sewing on her own and made pillowcases.  She still loves doing things with her hands and is always so talented at everything she decides to do.  It amazes me.

And then there was the December sickness.  This really wiped our family out, especially Abby.  She missed most of the last week of school before Christmas break but she did get to go one day for her "Whobilation."  Everyone was supposed to dress like a Who from Whoville while they celebrated "Grinch Week."  She missed the rest of the week and would have missed the next whole week of school too, but thankfully we were on break.  When she did eat, it was a lot of toast.

Joey and I celebrated our 15th anniversary.  I can't believe it's been 15 years!  Joey wasn't feeling that great either.  It was finals week and he got out of school early (and it was the one day Abby went to school) so we celebrated with an anniversary lunch at the 24th Street Cafe.  It's Joey's favorite place because he loves the Linguica Omelet.

Calvin just hung out being cute.