Jack's Big Christmas Show!

This year, Jack got to participate in his first big performance! He and all of the Joy School kids performed the Christmas story. He only had one line, but boy did he master it! He was first an inn keeper, where he got to tell Joseph and Mary "NO ROOM!" and then he appeared again as one of the three kings. Here's Jack and Nate getting into character... This was a dress rehearsal and Nate's house before we went to the old folks home to perform for the first "real" time. Here he is during the performance. Olivia (to the right) is singing and they're all about to jump in.Here they are admiring baby Jesus... This is the photo opp at the end of the show... Gracie had no problem jumping in for pictures and candy!The whole group (and some siblings)... Here is a small portion of the show... One of the boys is missing. He was one of the three kings too and he decided to look inside his gift for the first time during the performance. He had a bit of a breakdown because "I can't give baby Jesus NOTHING!" I think that it's a really cute story - how sweet of him to wonder about what he was going to give baby Jesus! The gave a little ornament to each of the people there to watch and they gave the kids candy canes - needless to say, they were excited! Then on Monday night they did an encore presentation... It was in the evening so daddy and the grandparents got to see! Here's the whole group of Joy School kids (and Grace): Jack, Me, Grace, Pamela, Ana, Christine, Daniel, Cristina, Nicholas, Imelda, Luke, Nathan, Denise, Olivia, Melissa, Lila, Rimini and Joey... They made little drawings that we used as garland to decorate... Jack had a blast both times... He had no stage fright at all and hammed it up! Merry Christmas!