The elementary school Christmas program was today and of course there was a moment of sheer panic. At breakfast this morning Lily mentioned something about an elf costume and Connor started looking very sheepish.

You got it! This was the first I'd heard about him needing a costume! A flurry of phone calls to Louise and then to Pam solved everything. Luckily Pam knew about the costume and was already prepared but I had to remind Connor that its always nice for Mommy to know what he needs too.

But one thing none of the kids could complain about was lack of support. They had a whole row of family cheering them on tonight. Hank, Louise, Logan and his new girlfriend and Craig joined me, Chris, Bella and Joe and Pam. We were like the press corp covering one of Chris' premieres with all the cameras and camcorders.

All of the performances went off without a hitch and it was adorable to look over at Chris during Connor's class' song and see him leaning forward, eyes fixed on Connor, mouthing the words to the song as he sang his heart out. His class performed to Harry Connick's 'The Happy Elf' and I swear I'm going to have that song running through my head for a few more days.

Lily's class sang 'Jingle Bell Rock' complete with a little routine. She's getting to be quite the little ham - must be all the time she spends with Chris. There's a born performer in that girl.

Katy's group sang a couple of Christmas classics and I admit I wonder how Mel can miss moment's like this in her daughter's life, but she's trying very hard not to make it too confusing for Katy and there's no denying that Katy couldn't love Pam any more even if she was her birth mother. The cynical part of me wonders if things will stay the same once Pam's baby arrives but that's a thought for another time.

Right now its time to go listen to Lily and Connor run through their songs once more before bed. They're convinced Isabella wants to hear them again.

And there's more congratulations for Chris - the Golden Globe nominations came out this morning and we got a call at 5:45 from Simon. Chris is nominated for Best Supporting Actor for 'Comedy of Errors'. Wow, I'm so proud of him!