'Tis the Season for Fun

2010 has whizzed by at a blistering pace and it appears as if this last month will be no exception. The barrage of Christmas celebrations, concerts, dinners and mayhem has begun. With most expats headed to their home countries as soon as school finishes, the rush to squeeze in holiday parties is head-spinning.

Larry and I went to a "Naughty Santa" party last Friday, hosted by Zapata's. Lady Gaga made an appearance atop the bar, but luckily we left before things got too crazy. I had to perform again Saturday morning at the EAS childrens' Christmas party. I'd taken the last of my US-purchased Excedrin, and hoped for quiet kids. The event was held at the Kempenski Hotel's grand ballroom. Not the room I would have chosen for a kids' party...a royal wedding reception maybe. A few of the Panto performers were there and Snow White was already in her costume. I waited until the last possible moment to change as I'd heard from many folks their children were so scared of the Queen. I even put my make-up on in front of all the kids so they could see the transformation. Some still hid behind their parents even after Sarah became a "mini" Queen in an effort to show it wasn't scary. The condensed scenes sans the prince were ok. We made do with what we had, and the kids enjoyed the pie-in-the-face scene. Ever since she saw the scene during rehearsal, Katie wanted to be 'pied'. She got her wish.

Yesterday, Larry and I helped with Sunday School. Fifteen little tikes ranging in age from three to five. All the children will be singing next week during the service so we had to teach them the song, "Happy Birthday, Dear Jesus". Thankfully, most of them know the tune, but all of them wanted to sing their own name.

I'll try to keep up with the picture taking throughout the chaos.

Chaos...so what else is new?