
The Christmas party was fun -- even though the family was dressed like goobs.
Dane and Aubrey were in jammies my mom made them last year (the jammies aren't gooby -- just wearing them to a party was), with ornaments strung around their necks. Mick and I wore our matching jammy pants and these awful white sweatshirts from our Long's, our drugstore across the street: Mick's had I 'heart' 'picture of Santa' (I love Santa) in sparkles on it and mine was a line of snowpeople.
Of course, the kids thought the sweathshirts were cool, so when our family won the "Ugly Sweater Contest," which can also translate into "The Only Family Who Showed Up Completely Decked Out," we told the kids our sweaters were indeed cute, not ugly.
Our favorite part of the night was when Aaron -- a former Cleveland Institute of Music student, now almost a dentist -- played his cello as background music. First Dane just sat up on the stage steps next to Aaron. He listened like that for a good 20 minutes, mesmerized, while everyone else at the party mingled and ate. Aubrey joined him later and sat for another 10 minutes with them the same way.
Aubrey danced later in a corner while people mingled, practicing her ballet spins and twirls.
The kids thought the White Elephant gift exchange was a blast. Aubrey came away with a huge bag of Ghiradelli Chocolates, Dane got a battery-operated monster truck (Mick's big friend Josh stepped forward at that point and yelled out "Anyone who takes that gift has to answer to me first!" -- very cute), Mick got a bag with chocolates, a bottle of beer and a cookie, and I got a huge box of toothpaste. ha ha.
4 comments:
The music of the cello is some of my most favorite music. Dane and Aubrey have such good taste. Wish we could have listened to Dane's song. We're looking forward to hearing him sing when we get together after Christmas.
Grand Dad
Awh!
You guys sure look 'PERTY'!!!!
love ya most. kp
Grandad said it for me. He loves cello being performed - beautiful sounds. I enjoy it too. I also love flute music.
We'll be seeing you soon!!!
Lovingly,
Grammy, Mom, JJJ
Great Jammy outfits. Where was the party?
That is so sweet that Dane was so enthralled with the music. So bummed we missed his performance. Matthew didn't know anything about the party or we would have been there putting up a good fight for your prize.
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