Christmas Pageant

Today was the preschool Christmas Pageant and our precious little miss had been selected to play the Virgin Mary! When she woke up this morning (an hour early I might add) she was VERY whiny and started in right away with "I don't want to go to 'work' today"..... "I'm sick"..... "I'm blond"...... The poor thing was scrambling to find ways to get me to let her stay home (I'm blond?? LOL). I figured she was scared about something but it took me more than an hour to get it out of her. She didn't want people staring at her. Last month she and her classmates stood on stage and sang a few songs related to Thanksgiving and she did fine. SO.... I thought I would mention that and I told her that everyone had been watching her then. Her response "THEY WERE?" Oops, made things worse. Finally, after seeing that I wasn't going to budge, she agreed and got dressed. Well, let me tell you.... I was SO very proud of her. She conquered her fear and did what she was supposed to. She was awesome! And darn cute to boot! It turns out that after the pageant was over some of the parents were taking their kids home early. I asked little miss if she wanted to leave and she said she wanted to stay(she must not be allthat traumatized (smile). In my early morning efforts to try and soothe little miss, I said that if they got dressed and in the car I would take them out for lunch, a "celebratory lunch". It turns out that after the pageant was over some of the parents were taking their kids home early. I asked little miss if she wanted to leave and she said she wanted to stay. I left and came back about an hour later to pick them up. Her teacher approached me and wanted me to know that little miss had asked if she could take 'baby Jesus' home, and she was told no. They explained that it was the school directors "baby Jesus". She gave him up and then later asked where he was, concerned that he was all alone in the directors office (very very sweet!).

After work the restaurant of their choosing (Chick-Fil-A) was crazy packed and the kids wanted to play more than eat but they had a good time until little man started pushing the other kids and then fell and hit his head (he was ready for nap). We headed hom an little man went for a nap. The little lady and I worked on preschool brain puzzles for awhile before she asked to watch the movie "The Little Drummer Boy". She kept asking to see the parts with the Virgin Mary in them. I guess she wanted to make sure she got it right (smile). Here's the photos!

There she is!

Here's the happy couple! This picture cracks me up! She is looking at baby Jesus all lovingly like and he is SO bored. That must have been how it was in real life (LOL).