More busking and beading

With no Good News Club happening during the December holidays, we had the early part of the morning at home. Not for long though, as Nick had another busking appointment in town with Steve and Tony – the three of them sound really great together. I took the opportunity to set up my jewelry stand – if not, why not? The buskers played a selection of Christmas Carols and more traditional songs, and there were two collection boxes going around. Caleb and Aaron unashamedly shook the box and offered it to passersby for contributions, which, when coming from a kid, is inoffensive. Bernice Olsen joined the cause again and carried the other box up and down the street, which we really appreciated. The weather could have been better – we had strong gusts of wind (fortunately the musicians had strong bulldog clips or pegs for their music) and there was a bit of occasional drizzle – but Maureen and I agreed that it also could have been a lot worse. We also had Nick’s CD available for purchase, and 7 went. I sold another ₤80 of beaded goods, and Steve phoned in the afternoon to say that the busking raised ₤202.51!

Caleb lost another tooth before we left for town. This time, he literally lost it – he suddenly stopped mid-chew and showed me the gap, but then couldn’t find the tooth anywhere, so we surmised that he swallowed it. Never mind, the Tooth Momster still came.

Nick took the boys swimming in the afternoon, and Aaron very proudly swims without armbands now too. I took the opportunity to clean the house while they were gone – it’s better to do it when there’s no one around, because then I can’t get angry with anyone that the house is in such a mess! And I also scrapped (of course).