This morning the kids at our church sang some songs "up on stage" as part of the Christmas celebration. Some of the kids volunteered to wear costumes of the various Nativity scene members, even though there was no real pageant, per se. In my opinion, this was the best of both worlds: the kids had the joy of dressing up and feeling very official, but we didn't have to go to a lot of play practices all month!Strider and 2 of his buds agreed to be Wise Men, though he was teetering on the edge of thinking he was "too old for this stuff." He had one spoken line today, to introduce one of the songs, and after we coached him to not to try to play it too cool, he ended up doing a good job.
Rayna was thrilled to be an angel, and Colsen was an obvious choice for shepherd.
During the week we tried on the costumes, so I could see how many feet I was going to have to hem up the bottom of each robe, and the kids acted out the Bible passage they're memorizing:
Rayna: Glory to God in the Highest, and on earth, peace to men, on whom His favor rests.Colsen: AAHHHHHH! Look, Mom, I was terrified!
So, after a lot of taping up, pinning up and other adjustments, we made it to the service today...
Behind the scenes:
Strider, Jonathan and Sam, a.k.a the Wise Guys
The angels waiting in the wings (get it?)
Colsen during rehearsal.... maybe not terrified, but a little daunted at least...
And in the worship service:
Looking very charismatic
And singing this year's version of the Tune That You Can't Get Out Of Your Head, a.k.a. "Nothing, Nothing, Absolutely Nothing"
(Strider is on the far left, Colsen is the shorty-pie in the middle, and Rayna is the other shorty-pie, Angel-version)
How absolutely adorable! I'm so sad we missed it!
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