Nathan decided we needs orbs for the tree, so the two of us went to get some. He really liked the 2 colored orbs, so those were his pic. When I told him I wanted to take a picture of him in front of the tree, he insisted that one of his orbs had to be in the picture as well.
Christmas activities have begun. Eric and the band had to play a concert at a VA hospital/nursing home on Tuesday. The 3 hour bus ride was an eye-opener for him. Apparently, the leadership takes the opportunity to have a training meeting while they're on the bus, so everyone of a lower rank sits towards the back while the upper NCOs sit in the front. (I didn't realize there was a seating hierarchy in the band. Who knew?) And of course, those not involved in the meeting were smarting off in the back. Eric, being the kind of guy he is, is thinking to himself, "but, but, but - I wanna be in the back, too."
The post tree lighting ceremony was on Thursday. I dragged Nathan to see it while Eric and the band played pre-music. It was a great night out, mild temps, lots of people. Bad lighting, so none of my pics of the band turned out. Afterwards, they had set up the Stewart Club for kids activities. Crowd control, however, left a lot to be desired. Rather than letting everyone come in at once, they had staff at the door regulating how many could come in at one time. Luckily, we were in one of the first waves. You can see Nathan decorating a Christmas stocking. The crush of people was getting to Eric by that time, so he went outside for a little while. But the bouncers at the door wouldn't let him back in - they wanted him to the back of the line. He called me and just said he'd meet us outside. By the time we left the building, there were still about 300 people waiting to get in. (My holiday spirit wouldn't have been up to waiting outside that long. I would have bailed after about 10 minutes...)
Eric and the band marched in the Hinesville parade on Friday and the Richmond Hill parade on Saturday. It was just cold enough that neither Nathan nor I were interested in going. Sorry, hubby!
Nathan managed to get 2 skinned knees and a skinned elbow yesterday, running up and down the sidewalk. Took 5 band aids to cover it all. He's walking around today like an old man with arthritis. He doesn't want us to take pictures of his wounds. He threw up Friday night big time, which is pretty unusual for him. No repeat occurrences, so I'm going to chalk it up to something he ate.
Big 12 Champs, baby!
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