Lyceum Singers party

These past few days have been a whirlwind! The SCCCHE concert was Thursday, I had my Bright Lights leadership meeting on Saturday, and Sunday was church, the Mascoutah Community Christmas Concert, and Knut's FLL finals. Knut's team was in fourth place in the robot runs and got an award for the best solution to their biomedical issue! They didn't advance, but I heard that it went pretty well! We weren't able to be there since we were singing at the Mascoutah Christmas concert, but he says that their team did great! :)
Tonight we had our Lyceum Singers party, and we went caroling. We were only expecting a few people, but the house was full! Almost everyone showed up with their families. The time went so quickly it seemed like only fifteen minutes instead of almost three hours! Now we're wishing that we could do this again next week. :)
Right before the party we had a little excitement. Thor was riding across the dining room on one of our little blue scooters when it tipped over. His nose bled, his lip was cut, and one tooth was knocked loose. Mom bundled him into the car quickly to go see the dentist... half an hour before people were supposed to start arriving. I came downstairs after doing some tidying to be met by Cecily giving me Mom's hurried instructions to feed everyone supper and finish setting up the dining room. She explained what had happened and I groaned. Why does everything happen just when you need things to go smoothly? Papa arrived home soon afterward. Mom had called him right before she left, and he had met her and given her the cell phone in case she needed to call us. Cecily, Gloria, Bjorn, and I had dinner after saying a prayer for Thor, and Papa and Knut did some work outside. Fifteen minutes before six, Papa and Knut came in to have dinner. Ten minutes later, they were still eating and the first knock was heard at the door. I'm afraid we were a little inhospitable and left our guests sitting in the living room while Cecily and I frantically cleaned up the kitchen and everyone else ate. :) With the next knock at the door, Mom and Thor came in with the guests. Thor's lip and nose were swollen and red, but he was (more or less) smiling.
After that everything went smoothly. Papa gave a couple house tours, and everyone seemed to be having a wonderful time. Some people had some trouble finding their kids when it was time to leave, but I think everyone went home with the right number of people. :)