At 3:45pm yesterday I got an email from Miss Jeanna that said our Mary has the Chicken Pox (please pray for Elizabeth) and we are in need of a Mary :) Good thing I have a little girl who is all Mama :)
She was getting ready - that is the baby we used for Jesus. It is a huge baby doll and super heavy, she doesn't normally carry it any where because of it's weight. hahahahaha!!!!
That was all wonderful but Nana had just made a beautiful Angel costume for Melodey to wear :) Ok well, Tylor informed me (how could I have not thought of this) that Gabriell was an angel but he was also a boy. So....
Tylor became the angel who got to tell Mary about baby Jesus :) He was more then thrilled.
Melodey told him "Oh thank you Ty for telling me about my baby Jesus!" and she gave him a little squeeze :)
So here they are, Gabriell, Mary (which I threw together in about 30 minutes), and Baby Jesus :)
It was darn right cold last night at a whopping 33 degrees. The children all had long unders on, their homeschool Tee shirts (which no one saw), sweatshirts, coats, hats, gloves and 2 pairs of socks. Not to mention that we all shared blankets in the float. It was cold - with the wind it may have been in the twenties!
So here they are all on the float getting judged :) 2nd Place!!!!!!
Good Job Kiddos!!!!
This was when they were still getting judged at 6pm last night
Alex and Jacob were worshipers :) They did a great job :)
They did really well. We waited for the parade for well over an hour. I had them singing songs and playing games (the Sunday School teacher in me came right out) I love children :)
By about 7, Mel was done!
My sweet baby was cold and tired and done just sitting there... and I was running out of songs that 6 and 7 year old boys like :)
We did get our wiggles out a few times, which the children love doing
Here is a shot of Mary and Joseph - They we both so good, and cold and neither of the head dresses were working! Such good children
Here is the Rouge gang!
Oh my sweet girl was so sleepy, she nodded off several times
Shelby came and so we had more laps for little ones to climb onto and get warm with :)
I even got traded for Shelby for a short time
By the time the parade started though, they children got into it saying Merry Christmas to everyone and waving. Tylor even yelled out Happy Birthday Jesus!!!
I loved it and now my mind is already thinking about next years float... I am a planner that is for sure :)
2 comments:
Great Pictures! Isn't homeschooling great?! It's such a blessing to be able to spend so much time with our children and to watch them learn and grow -- we don't miss so much of their growing up years. We're a real part of all of the important stuff!
Very sweet!
I'll never forget the one time I was in a float. It was for a floral shop that some friends of ours owned...it was summer, though, so we didn't freeze. I was a teenager and thought this was the greatest!
I am glad you were able to help spread the good news about Jesus!
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