Luci's First Christmas Performance

1. the camcorder function on a camera does not replace an actual camcorder.
2. i do not have a steady hand.
3. our girl is T.I.R.E.D. as noted by the big ole yawn captured just as i started recording. i think she's still catching up from last week (5 days of 101+ fever).
4. i'm very proud of myself for keeping it together & not turning into a sobbing mess. (in the dictionary my photo is next to 'easy cry'). if a room full of small, joyful children singing Happy Birthday to Jesus at Christmas time doesn't make you tear up you must not have any Halvorson blood in ya. ;) luckily g served as a good distraction (you can hear him fussin in the beginning).
5. i am SOO blessed.

lu is the one leaning on the railing...ya know, the one with the giant open mouth yawn? so tired she couldn't be bothered to stand up apparently! she was really worked up about the show this morning before school. scared was the word she used...but during the actual performance she looked fairly apathetic! she didn't do any of the hand movements but did sing all of the words...to songs i hadn't heard her utter a word of before today. maybe they learned the movements last week (she missed both wed & fri cause of the fever)? maybe she had stage fright? who knows. regardless, as i told her over & over today, seeing her up there singing about Jesus & Christmas made my heart SUPER happy...