Death by Madrigals

Here's the thing. We love Romney's choir teacher. He's wonderful. However, he does have a tendency to slightly overschedule his students during the month of December. And when I say slightly, I actually mean massively. He loves to have them perform at schools and care facilities. They have concerts and bus rides. They have early mornings, bus rides during the school day, and call times early in the evening. And it just about did Romney in this year. (That means it also just about did us in as well.)

Here's another thing. There are the cutest kids in this madrigals choir! Wonderful friends. She has had so much fun with them, while at the same time, suffering miserably and being totally and completely exhausted.  What has added to this delightful situation is that sometimes Romney copes with the stress and pressure by leaving with her friends late at night and we wonder where she is. She gets simultaneously way happier and way sadder when she does this. 

Here are some photos of this bunch-o-crazies at some of their events this year. 

They sing so beautifully. I didn't even mind the "winter musicale" concert that combined all three different choirs, a band and two orchestras and lasted over two hours. It was so lovely. I even got to participate - Mr. B the choir teacher held a rehearsal for everyone who wanted to sing in the Hallelujah chorus. One of my favorite things ever. So fun! So it was a tremendously busy, tearful, hilarious, wonderful, awful, silly, fabulous, sucky month for choir. 

Here is Romney coming to the last day of school, laden with many burdens she was required to have with her that day. The look on her face basically sums it all up.