It may seem odd to some cyber-savvy uber-dorks, but real life does on occasion get in the way of blogging, even on a low-rent blog like this one. We’ve all been pretty busy as of late - in a good way. Mark has been keeping me busier than a one legged man in one of those contests you’ve heard about. We’ve been renting apartments and getting tenants moved in just as fast as we can, at what I believe is safe to call an all-time record pace.
So. Family blogging has fallen by the wayside, and I do apologize to those who long for updated photos and stories of the kids/grandkids. We’ll try to get some recent stuff posted up here in the coming days.
Isabella played her Christmas recital today*. She played Deck the Halls pretty much flawlessly.
Since I’m not a very good dad and generally no good in other areas as well, I failed to catch the first few notes of her performance in the video. I was watching really closely for some sort of visual cue like a nod from her teacher or something that would signal that she was about to begin, but there was none. I think Isabella and her teacher must have worked out some sort of secret signal only perceivable by them in the hopes of foiling any would-be videographer’s hopes of recording her performance in its entirety.
So anyway. Below is what I got video-wise, and there are photos as well.
David seems to have decided that being another person’s big brother may not be so bad after all. Up till now, since Claire’s been home, David has been sweet to her, but sometimes a little reluctant to show any affection. But today things are changing. Kristina was able to get him to hold Claire all by himself, and even sing songs to her.
Here he’s singing some Scandanavian version of the Alphabet Song, evidently:
