The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Last night was our annual children’s Christmas play at church and it was a big hit. This year marks Carter’s third year in the play and Kate’s first. In my humble opinion, they stole the show. They both participated in the preschool program which is for kids 3 years old through Kindergarten. Sadly, this was Carter’s last year in the preschoolers play, but he went out with a bang. Next year he moves up to play in the “big leagues”.

Carter sang the solo this year and he did a wonderful job. He sang a beautiful little song called “Behold that Star”, in which he sang of an angel all “hoofed” in white instead of the tradition angel which is “robed” in white. Who knew? Kate was a different story all together. She seemed fascinated with a piece of scenery on the stage. That scenery just happened to be a bale of hay. She stood on the stage and pulled straws out of the bale one at a time. Later that night as I was singing Carter’s praises, Kate spoke up and said “Well, mummy I wuz tuying to moove duh hay so I could zit dare and zing.” Makes perfect sense to me, don’t you think?

Only 3 more days until Christmas, and the kids are about to bust at the seams! I may require some type of medication before these two weeks are over. I have scheduled our annual toy purge for tomorrow afternoon 4:00pm sharp. The process is rather simple…

1. I make a pick up announcement
(All toys must be picked up and put up)
(Any toy left on the floor will be the first to go)
2. I get a large box and/or bag
3. Let the purge begin!
(This is when the screaming, crying and whaling usually begins. Then the kids start in a little later.)

The purge is necessary, but it does traumatize the kids. There is usually a lot of begging, pleading and promise breaking before it all gets done. Sooner or later the purge will be complete and Santa’s toys will have a place in the toy box. All is well that ends well!