We had our ward Christmas party last week. They did indeed use our little gingerbread houses that we made as the center pieces. They didn't hide ours away, but we were expecting the worst. We were glad to see that ours wasn't the best or the worst one there. They all looked pretty good. . . as good as loads of frosting and candy can look. We ate dinner, enjoyed some fondue, and then the show began. We listened to some girls sing songs, a couple sing some songs, and then it was time for the big show.
The primary kids act out the nativity each year. I had never seen this done before so I was ready to be surprised. They all came on stage with their wonderful costumes draped around them. Some of them had parts to say and they were shy, but they did it. They were so proud of themselves and their parents were too. They would try to sneak two big thumbs up to their kid, but it wasn't very sneaky when the kid would do it right back as they were on stage drawing attention to them and the parents who started the whole thing. Cute though!
Then we got to the part with the baby. There was this part of the story that I didn't remember. I never knew the sheep and the angels were so silly and having so much fun. Good thing the bearded wise-woman was there to settle them down and put them back into place. David got it on camera.
I guess I will have to listen better next time :)
When that was finished, Santa cam jingling in with his bells. Some of the little kids were in awe. . . it isn't Christmas yet is it?!
I wanted to have a picture of Katelyn with Santa for the first time. Santa is a flirt though and thought it would be funny to pull me in as I was about to hand her off. He said he didn't want to wake her up. She was sound asleep and din't mind the whole thing!
It was fun to watch the different kids go sit with Santa. The older babies and toddlers weren't big fans of their parents giving them away to some strange man. They would start crying and reach out for their moms. Santa was willing to give them up, but some of the moms REALLY wanted Santa to hold them for a picture, screaming or not. The mom's would put their kid back up on his lap and say "Smile" but they didn't cooperate. So they got a "I hate Santa" first Christmas picture. Too funny!
The older kids saw that if they sat on his lap for a bit they would get a candy cane and a bag of candy. So they all jumped in line. They were a little shy once they were on his lap, but once they got their candy, they chowed down!
We are going to miss this ward, and the fun people in it. Good fun and quite the Christmas party!
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