THE MORLEY FAMILY CHRISTMAS POEM

THE MORLEY FAMILY CHRISTMAS POEM

‘Twas Christmas Eve at the Morley’s, and David said to me:

We are so very fortunate, then reminisced did we,

Of treasured moments and special times, that made us laugh and smile.

So gather around and let us share our year with you for a while.

Aidan’s in grade ten now and growing like a weed,

Taller than his dad and mom, he stands at 6 foot three.

When not on MSN, he watches sports and eats so much,

And still holds out a feeble hope the Leafs will win the Cup.

Aidan continues to study guitar, he performed at Cabaret.

"A Little Pop Won’t Kill You", his own song he did play.

In summer he went to Kingdom Bound and rocked the week away.

The band, Disciple, sang to him, and wished him Happy Birthday.

Owen went to "Bit by Bit" - a computer camp for fun.

Attended by pale, intellectual boys, who seldom get out in the sun.

He then went off to golf camp, with brand new clubs and balls.

And now he wants a membership to golf from spring to fall.

Owen is the king of sports trivia, just ask him what he knows.

Hockey, football, baseball, soccer - his knowledge just grows and grows.

No more piano for him, though, his drums are all the rage.

He bangs his kit all through the night, in hopes of a gig on stage.

Brennan went off to a new school, to study the many arts.

Drama and music, drawing and dance, he is learning all the parts.

He still likes doggies and snuggling, but that is not quite all

He builds and creates, plays chess and hockey, not to mention baseball.

Brennan loves to play piano, making tunes up in his head,

He even wrote a little song called "Puppies on the Bed".

He performed it at his school while the choir sang aloud,

It was a special moment that made his parents proud.

David’s been teaching twenty-two years, with retirement closer at hand.

He’s picked up his clarinet again and hopes to play in a band.

Virginia had her eyes lasered, so no more optical glass.

She started Alpine racing and tries hard not to be last.

In summer we travelled to Bancroft, having fun at a family camp.

Then off we went to Stratford, to take in Peter Pan.

Kilarney was our next trip, where Brennan caught his first bass.

Gramma saw a black bear (or a big dog?), and we hiked the Granite Ridge Pass.

Well that’s about it for the Morleys, it’s been a wonderful year.

We wish for you all of God’s blessings, and a season of good cheer.

There’s so much we have to be thankful for, so let us raise a toast:

To friends and family, to the love we share - those gifts which mean the most.

It has been a long yet exciting day.

It has been a long yet exciting day. It is government testing week for Brennan and Owen at school. Owen had a track and field meet yesterday. He doesn't know how he did because their school dismisses earlier than the others. He had to do his triple jumps and then run to catch the school bus.

Today was Fun Fair day at the school. My friend and I put together the donations from the students to make fabulous raffle baskets. Six hours of arranging and taping and wrapping we finished the 21 baskets. Then off to piano lessons. One hour later Brennan, Owen and I are headed home to pick up Aidan and his friend so they can volunteer at the school. Back to the school.

It is great that the boys are old enough that I can hand over a twenty and they go and get their own tickets. Off they go, only to come by every so often to dump their loot and get more money.

At 7:30 we asked the VP to pick the winners of our baskets. We sold about $1000 worth of tickets. Down the line she went. Two teacher and the principal each won a basket. A grade 9 volunteer friend of ours won a basket and she only bought 4 tickets. Then Basket # 21 the VP pulled out Brennan's ticket.

Time to clean up and head home. Brennan is ecstatic with his big basket of out door toys. Aidan is tired and in want of quiet after 3 hours of the strongman game. BONG BONG BONG
Owen is depressed because "HE NEVER WINS ANYTHING

8:45 we are home, we've looked through all the goodies in the basket. Owen has come out of his funk. Bears are heading for bed. The door bell rings and it is the piano teacher. She opened a letter at dinner time and realized it was for Brennan. As soon as she was done teaching for the night she rushed right over. He had won second prize for a song he composed. It was adjudicated by Canadian composer Nancy Telfer. He scored an 88 and won a cheque for $25.

Congratulations Brennan now go to bed.

I was driving Aidan and his friend to a girl's house on Saturday.

They were talking about TV shows they watched as children. Or not watch as the case with Aidan: Power Rangers, Ninja Turtles, Pokemon. I was explaining that Aidan was not allowed to watch Pokemon or have the cards because he was obsessive as a child.

Three years of dinosaurs and we didn't want our conversations to be centred around a cartoon character. He then became obsessed with hockey which involved real people. I said to him in the car that he really isn't obsessive anymore except for his guitar music. He said that he did obsess over one other thing.

"GIRLS" shouts friend in the back seat.

Aidan grins from ear to ear.

Brennan 8am: Can I invite a friend over?
Brennan 9am: Can I invite a friend over?
Brennan 10am: Can I invite a friend over?
Brennan 11am: Can I invite a friend over?

Virginia: You sound like a broken record.

Brennan: What does that mean?

Sigh.

Boucles d'Or et les Quarte Ours

Boucles d'Or et les Quarte Ours means Goldielocks and the four Bears.
There is Goldielocks and Papa Bear.
We have three boys Tall Bear, Sporty Bear and Baby Bear.
Life is an adventure living with all these bears.

Noisy and Smelly (at times).

Lots of grunting.