Christmas Play

On Sunday night, I had the pleasure of directing the children in a Christmas church play this year. We are members of a fairly small church with only a handful of children, so in order to have enough kids to put on a play I decided to use every age child we had. Yes, I know what you are thinking-you let Bennett participate in an organized event in front of people? Hard to believe I know, but I prayed and prayed and hoped that he wouldn't destroy the stage or pitch large screaming fits as I sat sweating bullets on the front pew. All in all, with only a couple of weeks to prepare for this event, it went fairly well. Brady and Bennett were shepherds (and I should note that I dressed Eric up as a shepherd to walk down behind them in case he needed to jerk a child off stage). All of the kids looked very cute and did a great job. The little ones made the event memorable for sure. Our little angel thought the straw in the manger belonged on the floor and Brady proceeded to help her- what a mess! Bennett stole baby Jesus' gifts from the wisemen and took off with them into the choir loft. Eric got to him before he proceeded to serenade us in a microphone. Joseph hurled one of the large fluffy sheep that the shepherds carried up through the air into the church. I tried to remain serious through everything, but I finally lost it when I looked over and the little angel had baby Jesus dangling upside down from His swaddling clothes. Children are definitely unpredictable at times, and I have a lot of learning to do on directing a children's musical/play. But I sure am thankful for these wonderful little blessings our church has, and I can't wait for next year!

Reagan wasn't part of the play, but I had to inlude a picture of her because she looked so cute!!