I'm now almost a year behind, but still trying to catch up! I've been so busy this last year (good busy). But documenting our history is still important to Manny and me, and I want to get back to writing out more about my thoughts and spiritual lessons again.
In his first year at a brick-and-mortar school, Isaac auditioned for a Shepherd/Sheep role for the school production of The Nutcracker. He wanted to be a shepherd, but ended up in the sheep role. He sat through so many hours of rehearsals just for a bit part, so that wasn't so fun, but it was good to do once. Actually, Manny more or less made him do it just for the experience, but we didn't make him do it a second time this year. He did a great job anyway, and I appreciated how the principal dressed up as a sheep and crawled around with them, which made the sheep actors probably feel a little more special. I was only supposed to be helping guide the kids and parents, but ended up getting roped in to do the kids' makeup, something I had no experience with, but it worked out okay as it was mostly simple. But I get really nervous about messing things up.
Isaac also had a field trip to Mission San Juan Bautista. By this time he had moved on to make a new friend in class. I am not sure if I mentioned how on the first day of school Isaac actually got picked on by the Indian kids for having just a sandwich, fruit, and chips for lunch. How the tables have turned since I was young and was often made fun of for my weird (to white kids) food. His elementary school is predominantly South Asian. It is odd to see, but it's the demographic here.
Isaac had a lot happen at school, but he's at the age where I can't share too much about his life, so I will just say that I am proud of how he handled everything and didn't succumb to peer pressure or trying to be someone he wasn't. And he made a very good friend, a boy others didn't seem to give a chance to get to kinow.
We also had a Christmas outing (fancy Mexican brunch) for my discipleship group, but only three out of the five of us could make it. It was still a wonderful time. I love finding out about all these new places because I don't get out much. The two people I eat with the most only like a same set of restaurants in a certain location. I like one-on-one meetings and smaller groups because so much more is shared, and I learn a lot about people's history and current struggles or triumphs. I feel like people just go about our business each day and don't really know what people are going through. As much as I say about us in this blog, there is so much about my family I can't really talk about publicly. But having people I can share my life with in private is priceless.
Isaac getting some water and a yellow rose after his Nutcracker show
