ellie's school christmas program ..

this is ellie's teacher .. sweet sweet mrs. vaughn and her super darling daughter allyson .. do they not look alike ...

cash .. he is not really "into" christmas programs ..

sing it ellie !

these are a few of ellie's fun little friends from school .. that is jayla in the middle and mackenzie on the end .. both of these girls are little fashionista's .. jayla's mom makes the funnest bows ... jayla always always always has a matching bow in her beautiful hair .. and little mackenzie has the coolest pair of boots !

look at all those kids ..

don't you just love christmas programs .. all those little kids lined up in their best christmas attire .. their little faces all clean and fresh .. looking so handsome .. singing rudolph the red nosed reindeer and we wish you a merry christmas .. i do .. i love watching all those kids sing .. it reminds me of when i was little .. see another trip down memory lane .. maybe it is the approaching holidays that has me reliving all these little moments in my life .. mrs. benuzzi was our music teacher at all saints .. we would work for what seemed like months on our christmas songs .. the younger grades always sang songs and the 8th graders put on a play .. i remember practicing walking in and getting on the little risers so that the "crowd" could see us all .. jeff conrad and mark palasz would always horse around and make poor mrs. benuzzi hollar .. one year we had to do away with the risers because she was certain that mark or jeff would push someone off .. on accident of course .. a little side note here .. jeff conrad was the person who introduced jeff and i .. and mark and jeff and jeff were the greatest of friends .. i am not so sure what that means .. lets just say that the 3 of them got into trouble .. often .. so the girls were to wear skirts or dresses and the boys .. pants and a collared shirt ... mrs. benuzzi was a stickler about this .. we would sing and sing and sing and then have cookies and punch .. i still remember it to this day .. it was always a fun time .. i hope ellie remembers these little moments in her life .. so go ahead sing joy to the world .. i won't tell anyone !!