JOY!

Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love;

Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, opening to the sun above.

Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; drive the dark of doubt away;

Giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day!

Henry van Dyke

1907

This year's holiday was quite simply amazing...

to see the holiday through a child's eyes is a gift in itself-

Theo attended mass for the 1st time this morning...

He quite enjoyed the music, and participated by singing and clapping.

He may not understand the reason for the season but he is a huge fan

of Grammy's nativity scene, in Theo's world, sometimes the angel and sometimes

sheep sing form the rooftop of the barn....

These four made some joyful noise today....

By mid morning Theo was sacked out....

We headed out for a walk after round 1, it was an unusally warm day

Round 2 started up in the late afternoon...

AND

Guess what showed up this morning.....

Tooth #2!

Ever so lucky, ever so blessed....