Wednesday, December 27, 2006

The Nativity

Among our usual Christmas Eve traditions is the reenactment of the First Christmas by the children who are present. They find appropriate costuming on short notice and present The Story in their own way.

Kayla was the announcing angel this year.

Levi chose to be a wiseman; his gift was a souvenier basket we bought in Rwanda.

Trinity was Mary; her rag doll was Baby Jesus.


They sang a few songs for us: Away in a Manger, Five Little Fingers, Little Baby Jesus Cradled in the Hay, Come On Ring Those Bells! and Happy Birthday to Jesus.

It's alway a highlight of Christmas Eve at our house.

(FYI: That's not an ordinary sticker on Trinity's forehead. She fell out of bed and got a pretty nasty cut--being held together at this point by tape that takes the place of stitches...and a pretty Strawberry Shortcake bandaid over the top.)

1 comment:

Karl said...

These blogs are amazing. It is almost like being there. Christmas in summer must be awkward. It is bad in California under a reasonably warm winter sun. How do you put several pictures in the same blog? If you have noticed, I had to make a new blog for each picture. I guess my brain just doesn't function in computer language. Thank you for your kind comments. The Lord will grant you all His promises in 2007. Love- Karl