The Dayton Houghs: There were shepherds keeping watch over their flock by night...

There were shepherds keeping watch over their flock by night...

~My three cuties~

There is a wonderfully brave woman, Melissa, that goes to our church who volunteered to lead a Christmas play for the children of our parish. The age range was supposed to be from pre-k to 6th grade. I am assuming that she was hoping (probably praying!) for more kids in the 5th -6th grade range, but she ended up with a group of kids who averaged kindergarten age instead. What they lacked in maturity they more than made up for in complete and utter cuteness! Isaac was given the role of shepherd (the only one until the night of the play!). Hannah and Gianna were made angels along with about 5 other little girls. There were of course Mary and Joseph. Joseph was played by my good friend Becky's little boy Jarret. Let me just tell you that kid can beg for a room! One of Becky's other sons, Kyle was given the role of innkeeper and Isaiah. Unfortunately Kyle came down with strep throat and ended up missing the play. Thankfully at the last minute Becky's oldest son Adam offered to step in and play the role of another shepherd. It definitely put Isaac's nerves at ease. The final character was the narrator, Melissa's son Carmen. He did a great job. The kids, particularly Hannah, were a little bit tentative when it came to saying their lines. I knew that she knew them because we had been practicing them for a week, but she froze. That is, she froze until they brought out the cordless microphone! Talk about a change! All of the kids did great then. They all wanted to have a chance to talk into the mic. It definitely helped. The kids did great. The angels looked very angelic. Mary and Joseph made a perfectly Holy Family and the shepherds looked...well.... very shepherding...or at least very cute! There were many relieved and proud parents at the end of the play. It was precious!