I haven’t really written about any specific Christmas fun at school in my journal this year, but there is something going on pretty much every day now. Rowen and I aren’t doing anything special for the Christmas concert next week, but every class does have to do a song, skit, or something for the show; and our class has had a handful of practices to get ready for the little medley that we’re going to be singing; including the one we had today. Learning the music was easy enough for me, but if the boys in the school choirs and theatre groups act like the boys in our class do during practices, I have no idea why any girl would ever volunteer to join!
There’s been plenty of real class work going on around the Christmas fun; though a lot of Mrs. Warren’s lessons do have holiday themes too. Even with the occasional irritation from goofing off boys, we mostly had a great day, and I had more than a little Christmas cheer going on that continued while I worked on my homework and a handful of family business projects after school. Mom had Alicia helping her after school, and tonight, she stayed for supper and then came to the Inn with us for game night too.
Rowen met up with me there, and since this was the last game night until the New Year; Miranda and Jacob made it a bit of a Christmas party too. Miranda definitely was feeling the Christmas spirit when she and Mom earned the senior game Championship bragging rights for the rest of the year. I’m glad they had fun with that, but for Rowen, me, and most of the kids and teens, it was the awesome, Olde Bakery Christmas treats that were the best part of the night.
Mom and I were on our own to get Ethan and Ehlana nursed and off to sleep after getting home a bit later than usual. They were still a bit fired up, so that took a while to answer all of their usual post-outing questions and get them settled down, but eventually we tucked them into their cribs; and then we went downstairs to work in the office for a while. That’s ended up being a bit more than two hours, and I’m doing this while Mom is finishing up her work. That’s all of the family business work I’ll be doing this week, but that’s mostly because we’ve got our dinner and a movie night tomorrow, and then we’ll be busy all weekend with getting ready for Christmas – including a lot of cooking a baking; housework; and getting Grandma and Grandpa’s house ready for when they get home next Tuesday.
It’s going to be crazy, and I’ll love every minute!