Happy holidays!Jacob's 1st grade christmas program
On Thursday Jacob had his 1st grade Christmas program at school. Jacob has been talking about this program since October when they started practicing their christmas songs for their program. He'd come home singing one of the songs they were learning that day. I love hearing Jacob sing. He has a very sweet voice and he is really good at keeping a tune. We got a flyer sent home a couple weeks ago saying when their program would be and the time. Jacob made sure that both Dave and I would be able to attend. So after months of practicing their songs, the program turned out really cute. He looked so nice in his "Sunday best" as instructed to dress in. He also was very animated and paid careful attention to the teachers who were leading the music. Each child got to hold something up for the different songs. His was during the song (poem really) called "presents". He got to hold up some blue mittens. Here are a few pictures and video clips from the program.
Jacob's teacher, Mrs. Wood
Jacob singing his heart out (on the bottom left)
(Jacob smiling for the camera, notice his good posture-they probably told them over and over to sit up straight)My Thoughts
Okay, so I've been playing with my blog layout and putting new little widgets and pictures and things on here, but for some reason I find that so much easier to do than writing down my thoughts on an actual post. I have to admit that I've had mixed feelings about spilling my guts on my blog for all the world to see (who am I kidding, probably more like 10 people). I do not want to be one of those people who shares everything on their blog without hesitation. I guess I'm more private than that. And I don't want to brag about my life and my kids and everything all the time. So what I'm trying to say is, I know this is my own blog and I should be able to write whatever I want, but at the same time I know other people are reading this and I can't just share my whole life on here, especially when my blog is not private. So that's what I struggle with. What to share and what not to share. I want my blog to be an online journal of my thoughts and record of events so that I can print it off later on and keep it. I haven't really been good at keeping a journal lately either. I feel bad for little Michael because I want to write down thoughts on this time in my life with a 3 month old and two other little kids. I know I'm gonna want to read about this time later on. But it seems like since I've had Michael someone pushed the fast forward button on my life and there are just so many things I want to do with my time, but I never get it all done. I want to be better at time management. I really have a problem with that. Example, it's almost noon today and I'm still in my PJ's and I haven't done anything except nurse Michael (twice), fed my kids breakfast, and somehow forgot to feed myself, and basically have spent the rest of my time playing with this blog. Selecting new music takes longer than I thought. See, so how did the whole morning disappear and this is all I have accomplished?? I really should eat something then go get in the shower and try to be more productive with my day. Ie: clean my house, take my shower, make my christmas cards, etc. but for some reason I'd rather sit here and play with my blog and write about it!
Well, I don't know if this is making any sense, but it may explain why I haven't been doing much blogging lately (except change the background and post silly elf yourself stuff of course). I just can't decide what I want the purpose of my blog to be. Is it for me just to use as an online journal, or is it for family & friends (and those mysterious blog surfers who may stumble upon my blog) or can it be both of those things? How much info is too much info? My husband would say that it should be private and that I shouldn't share much personal info at all, but I enjoy reading about other peoples thoughts, and I often learn stuff from reading them. So I'm going to attempt to make this a blog for myself, and if others enjoy it too, great. Now the question, should I go private so I don't have to worry about stalkers and my children's safety? I know some of you have had issues with this. But at the same time I like the fact that people can find me and read on here without having to log in and ask for my permission. Any thoughts here??
Now I'm done rambling. So if you have any opinions about the subject, please feel free to comment. And I'll get back to posting pictures and recording events soon. Just not now, I've got to start the productive part of my day now and close this computer. :)
