The nativity

The kids were in a live nativity scene on Christmas Eve at our little church (30 out of the 50 members are under 5 years old.) Silas was Joseph and his little friend Kate was Mary. As soon as they were dressed, Silas said, "Kate I wanna walk around with you a wittle bit. Hold my hand." Whoever cast the play made a good match. Although not convincingly middle-eastern looking, Silas and Kate had the mutual affection part of the role down. Of course, everyone was adorable and of course, there were complications. Joe decided that the "wise man" needed to give his gift to baby Jesus. The wise man wanted to keep holding it, so he hit Joe, who fired one back before I could wisper, "It's ok if he wants to hold the gift." Priya was a sheep and did fine with her job of meandering about, but couldn't remember her one line, "baabaa," and instead kept yelling, "BABY, BABY, " when she saw what Mary held in her arms. I thought she would tackle Mary to get to the baby, but the sweet little song ended just in time.