Parades and Caroling...

Christmas is a'comin' for sure! We had a crazy busy weekend but.... since Josh was in charge, there are no pictures to show for it. I had to go to Indianapolis for a seminar on back pain, so Josh had to do all the kid running this weekend. Quincy had a basketball game in which he apparently did very well (his coach made a point to come up to us in church on Sunday evening, to make sure that we knew how well he did), Tabitha went downtown with her school choir to provide Christmas caroling for the shoppers, Calvin had his First Reconciliation at church (Max got to tag along on that one), and on Saturday afternoon, Calvin, Max and Josh helped to assemble a float for their Y Guides troop. Sunday afternoon was the Christmas parade downtown where the boys got to ride on their float and throw treats to the crowd. They loved it, despite the cold! On Sunday evening, we all went to an Advent Wreath ceremony at church where we made a wreath for our home and ate lots of Christmas cookies. Very fun except that we never even considered the fact that they would use real greenery for the wreaths! Tabitha is very allergic to this and suffered through water eyes and a stuffy nose just to participate. Sorry kiddo! I felt very old at my seminar because when I walked in, my "baby" cousin was there! She is 11 years younger than me and I still think of her as a kid despite the fact that she is a physical therapist as well and graduated from St. Louis U 3 years ago! Anyway, it was very fun to catch up with her and work with her as a peer!