Cheers for the Day: Angels and Cookies

During the last week before school gets out there are several Christmas plays that the kids do and this year we had three! Starting on Tuesday, Juliana was one of 75 students selected to be in the choir for the 8th grade pageant. This pageant has been going on since before my time at SSJ and it really is beautiful. I forgot my camera that night but it really was a wonderful performance of the Christmas story and I just kept hearing from the teachers that it was one of the best choirs ever!

On Thursday we got to see our little Kindergarten angel perform.

B is for the Baby that was born on that day.

They do a sweet poem where each child memorizes a line and they each have a letter and when you hear their little angelic voices - aaaah, the world is good.

After the poem they sing lots of songs.

Costume changes.....

We love our letter B!

And we had another little angel at our house. Elise was very excited to have gotten the part she wanted. The 2nd grade always does their version of the Christmas story and it is also sweet and adorable.

She is growing up so fast and she really looked beautiful.

I think she kept her hands folded the whole time! I had to take a picture of Joseph and Mary. Joseph just kept his arm on her back like they had just made the long trek to Bethlehem and he needed to support her. So sweet.

Friday was also the Grandparent's Mass and Grandma and Grandpa were able to sit with us and stay for Elise's show. As busy as it is, I really do love this time of year.

Earlier in the week we were able to squeeze in tree decorating. With our crazy schedule it is hard to find a time when we can all do this together. Mark has missed the past 2 years but I am not sure he minds :)