Lindsay is beginning her 6th year of dance class. She is participating in Pre-Team Dance this year, which means that her dance class will be participating in all recitals, plus competing in at least 2 competitions. This past Monday the parents had the opportunity to watch them practice in their costumes for the first time and I was able to record it. I've posted it on www.YouTube.com. Do a search for LittleTownJackson (all one word) and it should come up as Lindsay's Cars Dance. (I will not be responsible for any accidental misclicking on your part, so be careful!)
Thursday she's preforming Joy to the World in a piano recital and I plan on recording it and posting it on YouTube also. If you have any problems finding it, let me know -- otherwise, enjoy.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Not My Time of Year
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. All the usual reasons -- family is together, lots to eat, lots to drink, lots of football, and, most importantly, NO STRESS, NO PRESENTS TO BUY, AND NO DECORATIONS!
B.L. (that's Before Lindsay) I could get away with ignoring the Christmas season for the most part, but A.L. (that's After Lindsay for those not able to keep up) it's not so easy to do anymore. I reluctantly brought home the decorations from storage a couple of weeks ago and basically just turned it all over to an overly enthusiastic Lindsay. Imagine this (I know it will be hard for most of you) but she wanted to DO IT ALL BY HERSELF! And you know what ... I let her. And you know what else ... we were both very happy. It was totally unorganized and the tree had maybe 10 decorations on it, but she thought it looked great. And for a week I was just very happy that I wasn't the one who had to get everything out. I let it look that way for a week and then I couldn't take it anymore -- I rearranged everything so there was some semblance of order.
So now that the decorations are out and about, and I've got the presents bought and wrapped, I can't wait for Jolly Ole' St. Nick to come and go. I have a few hopes and wishes for the remainder of 2008, and one of them is that Lindsay will be just as enthusiastic about putting up all of those decorations up as she was with getting them out.
B.L. (that's Before Lindsay) I could get away with ignoring the Christmas season for the most part, but A.L. (that's After Lindsay for those not able to keep up) it's not so easy to do anymore. I reluctantly brought home the decorations from storage a couple of weeks ago and basically just turned it all over to an overly enthusiastic Lindsay. Imagine this (I know it will be hard for most of you) but she wanted to DO IT ALL BY HERSELF! And you know what ... I let her. And you know what else ... we were both very happy. It was totally unorganized and the tree had maybe 10 decorations on it, but she thought it looked great. And for a week I was just very happy that I wasn't the one who had to get everything out. I let it look that way for a week and then I couldn't take it anymore -- I rearranged everything so there was some semblance of order.
So now that the decorations are out and about, and I've got the presents bought and wrapped, I can't wait for Jolly Ole' St. Nick to come and go. I have a few hopes and wishes for the remainder of 2008, and one of them is that Lindsay will be just as enthusiastic about putting up all of those decorations up as she was with getting them out.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Parade, Football Playoff Game, Carnival, Birthday Party
As you can see from the title of this post we had a busy weekend!
Lindsay's Brownie troop was walking in the annual Budafest parade and I figured we'd freeze our butts off, but it turned out to be a parade-perfect day!
As soon as the parade was over and we could get back to our car, Murr, Lindsay and I booked it to Georgetown to watch the JHS football boys play Mart in the semi-finals playoff. Plans had been in the making all week for a group of friends to meet up at the game in our letterjackets. My letterjacket seems to have shrunk somewhat over the last 20 years, and I didn't get to wear it long at the game since we were enjoying a Texas December and it was at least 80 degrees with the sun beating down on our side of the field. Unfortunately our Little Town team lost, but I had the time of my life watching the game and catching up with old friends. R.K. and I hadn't seen each other in years but it didn't take long for us to catch up! I'm looking forward to seeing her again over Christmas -- we've got a lot of years to catch up on.
Since we had to leave Budafest after the parade on Saturday and Lindsay didn't get a chance to ride any of the carnival rides, I took her back to Budafest on Sunday morning. Even though those carny people looked like they had had a rough Saturday night, we paid them $25 to scare us on their rides.
After a quick trip to the grocery store, we headed to a b-day party for Tommy G., who is turning 6 in a day or two.
It was a busy weekend but it was so much fun. Since I spent so much time playing I only have a few chores to catch up on -- which will probably take up most of this coming week.
Lindsay's Brownie troop was walking in the annual Budafest parade and I figured we'd freeze our butts off, but it turned out to be a parade-perfect day!
As soon as the parade was over and we could get back to our car, Murr, Lindsay and I booked it to Georgetown to watch the JHS football boys play Mart in the semi-finals playoff. Plans had been in the making all week for a group of friends to meet up at the game in our letterjackets. My letterjacket seems to have shrunk somewhat over the last 20 years, and I didn't get to wear it long at the game since we were enjoying a Texas December and it was at least 80 degrees with the sun beating down on our side of the field. Unfortunately our Little Town team lost, but I had the time of my life watching the game and catching up with old friends. R.K. and I hadn't seen each other in years but it didn't take long for us to catch up! I'm looking forward to seeing her again over Christmas -- we've got a lot of years to catch up on.
Since we had to leave Budafest after the parade on Saturday and Lindsay didn't get a chance to ride any of the carnival rides, I took her back to Budafest on Sunday morning. Even though those carny people looked like they had had a rough Saturday night, we paid them $25 to scare us on their rides.
After a quick trip to the grocery store, we headed to a b-day party for Tommy G., who is turning 6 in a day or two.
It was a busy weekend but it was so much fun. Since I spent so much time playing I only have a few chores to catch up on -- which will probably take up most of this coming week.
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