Christmas Eve & Celebrations

The kids were eagerly awaiting the Christmas Eve .. as we had planned to have a 'barbecue' that evening in our terrace, with a few families who lived in the building.
However, the kids had other reasons to be excited .. they were planning on going for caroling a day before that to collect money to have pizzas, while the adults relished the barbecue meat!

These are the photos from their carol singing outing:





































The Barbecue Event:
Trying to get the fire going .. which eventually was good enough for the meat :-)



























Kids opening up their presents and having fun.












All that started well .. didn't finish that well ... as I ended up in bed the next day, due to the excessive tasting of the meat, while it was getting cooked :-)

Looking forward to the picnic on New Year's Eve!!!



This is Tryphena getting ready with her make-up for the Annual Day program at School and with some of her friends and her dance teacher in School:






























































Theo ready for his program during the Annual Day.

School Annual Day & Christmas Concert

Wish you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS!

It was great to see the kids perform at the Annual Day program in School. Theo taking part in singing for the first time; and Tryphena in dancing.


Theo taking part in the class choir to sing at the DMCS (Deva Matha Central School) Annual Day program in School. He was quite excited about wearing a full-sleeve shirt with a bow-tie!
That made his day, more than standing on-stage and singing. He is at the far-left on the screen.



Tryphena took part in the dancing program at the Annual Day. She is keen on singing and dancing. Tryphena is in the front-row in the middle.



Tryphena at the CME (Center for Music Education) kids choir during their Christmas concert, on 16th Dec. '10. This was her first 'opera' experience. She thoroughly enjoyed. She is part of the kids choir there for the last 2 months.


Well, Christmas season is here ... and the last of the functions are over .. and it's now 'family time'.
On 24th evening, a few families are getting together to have a barbecue and gift exchange and to sing some carols.
Will post photos early next week.

Hooray! It's Christmas time!!

The much awaited time to put up the X'mas decorations finally arrived ..
and we were not ready!


The kids had their term exams this week (which was surprisingly early) .. but the good thing about it is, we are now free - especially the kids!

We were waiting to put up the decor as they wanted to help with it. It was part of the fun for them ... so, finally it went up today.
We had to look through the loft to see where we had packed all the decoration items from last year.

Theo loves horses -- and for some reason, he thinks our dog, 'sparkles' is a horse and he sits on her back. At times, she doesn't like it, though today she was willing for him to sit on her back for a while .. while the X'mas decor were all out.


Wishing you all a joyous Christmas, filled with His love and His glory!
May Christ be the reason for our celebration this season!