Last night, we went to the school for the 1st grade holiday concert
and the 3rd grade holiday concert.
The 3rd graders sang “Children Go Where I Send Thee”. I’d never heard the song before, and I have to say that it completely ROCKED! We were so impressed, that we came home and spent a considerable amount of time trying to find a good version to download off iTunes. Nate bought the Natalie Merchant version, and I bought the Peter, Paul, and Mary version. While mine was better than Nate’s, :-), neither of them could touch the performance we’d just heard in the cafeteria. The music teacher had changed some words around, and added a “HALLELUJAH!”, after #7. It was magnificent, and I’m totally bugged that I’ll never hear it again for the rest of my long life.
Seriously, I’m thinking about sending out feelers to see if any parent in the school happens to have a portable recording studio that they’d be willing to haul to the school, and have the 3rd graders sing it again and record it, just for me.
A collage of pictures that don’t relate to each other follow. First, our now decorated tree…
Clark’s favorite activity that has me tripping and grumpy in the kitchen…
my anniversary roses that have opened and are even more lovely…
and finally, the horrific scene that I found behind my sewing machine on the dining table this morning, remeniscent of, but still not as cool as the gingerbread incident of 2005…
but with sheep! (I am sacrificing humor here, and attempting to phrase things delicately in light of the truly sad occurrences of violence in the news recently, in which there is nothing funny, whatsoever).
This week is insanely busy, and then next week, the kids are out of school for the year! I made the fool’s promise that the older two could paint their bedroom over Christmas break back when I was painting the basement months ago…
I’m going to have to bribe them to get out of it, because I’m not remotely up for it.
December 12th, 2007 at 11:26 am
Those sheep look like they are going to be so cute finished! Did you come up with the esign yourself or do you have a pattern?
December 12th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Those sheep are adorable! I can’t wait to see what they look like when they’re done.
When my youngest was Clark’s age he did the exact same thing. I finally gave him his own drawer filled with brightly colored tupperware, wooden spoons, spatulas, and two small saucepans. He used to climb into the drawer to sit and play with them. I have incriminating photos around here somewhere. (He’s in college now and there’s nothing worse than your mom breaking out your old baby pictures!)
This is my first year without attending a school Christmas concert and I didn’t realize how much I missed them until now.
December 12th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Ooh, my son would surely love to spend some time with Clark! Joel is around 13 months now and just discovering the joys of kitchen drawers.
December 12th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
I love her concert dress. Did you make that?
I know what you mean about the concerts as well. I love going to see Kyrin sing in the choir. She was at Redmond Town Center last weekend singing. It was great!
I also love those little sheep…even if they are headless 🙂 I can’t wait to see what they look like when you’re finished!
December 12th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
That is one of my absolute favorite Christmas songs! I swear I am moved to tears each and every time I hear it. Hall and Oats did a version that is not bad but the best (in my opinion) has to be by A Bunch of Guys. SO beautiful.
December 13th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
I hadn’t seen the gingerbread post before – that cracked me up!
December 15th, 2007 at 10:10 am
I`m SO SORRY! I thought you liked it because you’re singing it!!!
Olivia A.
December 15th, 2007 at 8:58 pm
I am always amazed when someone mentions that they have never heard a song that I thought was as common as “Happy Birthday” :-). Yes, that is a fun song and it doesn’t annoy me nearly as much as some of the overplayed holiday classics.