A Few More Pageant Pics

A few more pics, taken by others at our church, of the Christmas Eve pageant.

Adelaide with friends from Junior Choir.

Angels (& shepherds & innkeepers) we have heard on high!

The whole cast assembling for "Silent Night" 

Adelaide and I have joked for the last few years that while Daddy is the Pageant Director, I am the Angel Coach.  And I take my job as angel coach seriously, including giving them a thumbs-up for a good performance ;)

The Pageant

It was hard not to feel especially sentimental about this year's Christmas Pageant.  To think, just six years ago, Adelaide held the staring role as baby Jesus.  Just three weeks old, she slept peacefully through the whole thing (for a trip down memory lane, click here).  This year, not only was she an angel but sang beautifully with her fellow members of the junior choir.  And Cora, graduated from the animal section (although she was the cutest cow ever), and made her debut as an angel.

Angels coloring while waiting for the show to begin.

We had so many angels this year!  I lovingly referred to this pew as the "angel holding pen."

The animals, always a special part of the service.  This year, sadly, no major shenanigans to report...

…other than the camel, Herbie, was a bit grumpy because he wanted to lick all the salt off the driveway and his handler was having none of that.

An aerial shot of the junior choir.

Taking their singing seriously.

And finally, the grand entrance of the angels.  Blurry because they flying, of course.

The whole cast assembled, including the director (aka "Daddy").

Early Christmas

Grandma Carol, Grandpa Russ, Uncle Sean, Uncle Chad, Aunt Megan and Colin all came to visit to celebrate early Christmas.  The girls were thrilled to have so many people to play with!  

Star was also ready to celebrate, and made it her goal to snuggle (lay on top of and pin to the couch) and lick as many people as possible.

Grandma Carol & Santa Adelaide

Colin on the piano

Aunt Megan and Grandma Carol

Uncle Sean teaching Cora something…likely some loud, annoying song from a YouTube video. :)

Uncle Sean also delighting us with his "Blue Steel" in the ugly Christmas sweater.

We made some mini gingerbread houses out of graham crackers and icing…not sure whether there were more graham crackers or icing on the houses, and whether there was more candy as house decorations in the bellies of the builders.

And some fun presents…Cora with a puzzle.  You can just tell by her smile how excited she was about this one.  Girl loves puzzles!

And opening their razor scooters from their uncles.

Junior Choir - That Interesting Mix of Nervous and Excited

Addy is old enough to join the Junior Choir at church.  And she was very excited to do so.  But any discussion of a performance would lead to a quick "sssshhhhh!" from Addy.  It was both all she could talk about and everything she didn't want to talk about.  She kept bringing it up in front of people by saying, "Mom, just don't talk about how Junior Choir performs tomorrow."  And gave us specific instructions that we were not to clap for her, lest we draw attention to her :)  But battling her nerves, and standing up to perform with kids that have become good friends, you could tell that she was pretty proud to be a part of it.

Here they are working hard with the music director.

And their Advent performance