Wasn’t really a jasełka but more a sing-along.

It was to be his biggest performance yet: the Boy was set to play “Przybieżeli do Betlejem” on his guitar for this year’s jasełka performance.

His guitar teacher had been working with him on the piece; he’d been practicing it at home (with some encouragement, it must be admitted); he was ready.

And then the amp would not cooperate. No sound. At all. The adults thought fast, put a mic in front of the guitar, and the Boy was off. He was disappointed, but pleased with not giving up.

“It’s what Tommy would have done,” I reminded him, referring to our hero Tommy Emmanuel, who plays no matter what. Technical difficulties? Guitar issues? Venue problems? Nothing stops Tommy.

“Yeah, I guess.”

Previous Years

Jaselka 2019

Jasełka 2017

Jasełka 2016

Jasełka 2015

Six and Jaselka

Jasełka 2013

Jasełka

Performance

Jasełka

It’s been a few years since we put up any lights for Christmas. I really can’t remember the last time we did it — three years ago? Four?

We put the lights around the crape myrtles a couple of years ago, but that was a bad idea — we never took them down, and the year’s worth of sun and heat and rain predictably destroyed them.

I think last year we just kept putting it off, and before we knew it, it was too close to Christmas to make it worth our time.

But this year we got the tree up earlier than ever, so what were we to do on a cloudy Sunday afternoon?

Of course, the Boy was eager to help. He loves going into the crawl space with me, but the roof?

Are you kidding? What more could a nine-year-old boy want than to spend some time on the roof?

And a little bit of football time with Mama to boot? What a perfect afternoon!