Early Chirstmas Influence

We got a little music in our curriculum today. Courtesy of gramps. He bought us tickets to the Michigan/Ohio CMI Concert Choir "Christmas in Color." We went to the Brighton Center for Performing Arts. It's a nice venue! The concert was LONG - 2 1/2 hrs long. The first half was very recognizable Christmas music with a little twist. Which it was nice to not hear the same old, same old. The choir was HUGE! At the beginning it was a little rough, but then things smoothed out. The second half was a lot about the true meaning of Christmas - so we got our religious ed lesson in too. Kind of a lot of preaching and praying for us, but opened the door for some discussion on the way home. You know, trying to provided a well rounded education for B comes in many forms.
If the concert was not enough to put us in the 'mood' for the upcoming holidays - the Michigan weather certainly would. Yes, we got measurable, packable snow today. YUCK, says the person who has to shovel. It was beautiful on the trees, but that's about the only good thing I can say about it. It made driving from the concert a hassle - since Michigan drivers seem to forget, every year, how to drive in this stuff. It was a slow go coming home!

Once home, B played outside with the dog. He was sledding on the driveway and throwing snowballs with the neighbors. Saturn is less than thrilled (he kind of feels about the snow like I do).