Luke's Goalie Game and Aiden's Christmas Program

I know I have said this before, but let me say it again...Finn LOVES to play hockey right now.  He bangs on the basement door to go downstairs and play.

Luke and Liam are hard at work helping to cut ingredients for soup.

Aiden did a very nice job keeping Finn busy "cooking" so we could accomplish something.

Luke's goalie debut!  It was much harder to take decent pictures at this rink so I didn't get a lot of Luke, but he did a great job.

Standing in the goal

Finn was not a fan of Santa.

Aiden and his buddy, Landon at their Christmas program.

Trying to get a picture of all four boys looking at the camera.  We are 3/4 on this one.

Aiden was Frosty at his school program

Singing Frosty the Snowman

Aiden's class singing Jingle Bells for their Christmas Program

Luke had his turn at being the goalie for his hockey team.  Unfortunately for Luke, his turn occurred on a weeknight rather than a weekend so we were not quite as organized with the pictures beforehand, during, and afterwards.  I managed to get a few shots, but this rink was also a little harder to snap pictures and Finn kept my attention for most of the time.  Anyway, Luke did a great job and really enjoyed it.  He has the advantage of being BIG for his age and strong.  It takes a bigger kid to fit into the equipment and it takes a kid who can still skate with all of it on.  Luke managed to get around pretty well and afterwards he asked if he could do it again sometime soon so I think he enjoyed it as well.

Aiden had his preschool Christmas program over the weekend.  For John and I, this is about the 7th program we have seen at their Montessori school.  They are all very fun to watch and also a bit hilarious.  Occasionally, there are some kids who decide midway through the program that they don't want to be up there anymore and try to walk off or start screaming.  Then there are the kids who are really into the singing and are dancing on their own.  Or, there are a few kids who stand there frozen and barely make eye contact.  Its quite variable.  The children range in age from 3 to 6 so Aiden is one of the older (and bigger) kids in his class.  Aiden did well and his favorite part was getting to be Frosty the Snowman for his program.