Weekend

Kids didn't have school Fri, in honor of Veteran's Day, so I took them up to PA Thur pm (while Chad enjoyed a 3-hour board meeting :). Anita and I went to a Christmas craft open house, while Gpa babysat. They obviously had fun! Girls all dressed up. Micah played with the Ducky game repeatedly. Probably he did a few other things, too. Oh, yeah, he emptied out all the stuff from the play refrigerator. He has a penchant for destruction. Not necessarily ruining things, just dismantling, spreading around, creating disarray.

We stayed overnight. The women (minus Claire) went thrift store shopping Fri morning. And then I left with K, J, M after lunch. Claire got to stay for her bday stay with Gma. They came home Sat pm-- perfect amount of time for her to get to do some fun things but not enough to get bored by herself. They went to Hershey Chocolate World (she loves the ride, not the chocolate) and Friendly's. They played games and ate a few meals of macaroni, and Claire started painting the little wooden family Auntie Liz gave her.

Sunday morning was big for us-- it was Anniversary Sunday at our church so Dave had planned lots of special music. Chad played with the orchestra. I sang in the adult choir. And I directed the kids in a children/teen/adult choir combined song. Wow-- about 100 voices. Dave directed the teens and the adults, and I directed the kids because we sang a counter melody for part-- kids would not have gotten it without someone specifically directing them. Sounded really neat. Jenna and Claire were both in this, and they did a nice job. Sometimes, Claire can look a bit clueless when she's supposed to be singing, but she was really into this one.