Keeping up

I'm not going to lie to you.

I am having a very difficult time staying with Days of Christmas this year. I quit on day 17 last year, so I'm trying rally, really hard to stick with it.

But here's the problem: I can't seem to take the time to snap a pic of whatever activity that we may be doing.

Or, I am just so overwhelmed trying to prepare for the big day, that I am forgetting to slow down and enjoy the anticipation.

*Sigh* I am trying though.

Cross my heart.

Part of our nightly routine, after scriptures and a book, is letting each kiddo choose a song to sing. In December, we encourage them to choose Christmas songs.

Porter will choose "Itsy Bitsy Spider" every time. No matter what.

The idea behind this being that it is supposed to calm them down for bed.

It usually doesn't work out that way, but we always have a good time!

Anywho, last night, Piper ran to retrieve her antlers that she had made in class that day before we started singing, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer". While we sang, she danced around and acted it out.

Hilarious.

So then Adi took a turn...

Yes, I know that it is an extremely fuzzy photo, but it really captured the essence of her jig.

Even I, grumpy old mom, took a turn in the silliness.

And did Mr. Porter Pot join in the jubilee?

Nope.

But he sure did show us all what he thought of the performance:

He is a master at non-verbal communication.