Our little Mary ...

J goes to preschool at our church. They have a wonderful preschool which has 2 programs, one for 3 yr olds which is 2 mornings a week, or one for 4 yr olds which is 3 mornings a week. The best part is that Bob's Mom is the preschool director, and the Lord gave her a heart of gold for little children. She does such a wonderful job with the kids and Christmastime is no exception.


Every year, they have a preschool Christmas program. When they are 3 yr olds they sing simple songs and fingerplays. When they are 4 yr olds they help Mrs. K (aka Grandma) to act out the story of Jesus birth. It is so cute.


So this year J is in the 4 year old class. And lo and behold, she was chosen to be Mary in the play. We were a little nervous that she wouldn't want to do it, or that she'd get scared when she got up there, since she tends to be shy around crowds of people. Thankfully, she didn't have any speaking parts, just had to stand up front with Joseph while Grandma told the story.


Well it turns out we had no reason to worry, she did a fabulous job and the whole show was just adorable! The cutest part was that J is almost the tallest child in class, while the little boy playing Joseph is one of the smallest boys in class. So it looked so cute to have this tall girl standing up there holding hands with this little boy. And they did hold hands, the whole time, which was just adorable!

Here they are as they enter the room.

And here is Grandma talking about Mary while J stands up front all by herself!

Joseph and Mary.

And with their donkey, and the baby Jesus.

The whole class doing some songs and fingerplays.

Singing songs for Jesus. We are so proud of you J! You made a great little Mary!