Our Christmas Show 2008

I decided that this year we would do a Christmas show. We worked from Thanksgiving to December 21st on 5 different songs. We sang Christmas Time is Here (from Charlie Brown Christmas), we sang Jingle Bells and jingled bells with it, we sang Away in a Manger and did American Sign Language with it, we sang Silent Night and also did American Sign Language with it and we also sang We Wish you a Merry Christmas at the end as we handed out little gifts to our audience (my parents, Steve's mom, my brother and his son Riley, Steve's sister and her two children Aaron and Julie). For the first two songs, the kids were dressed as carolers with sweaters, mittens and scarves on, then we went and changed into homemade Mary and Joseph costumes while Daddy read Luke 2 to the audience. Then we finished the show in those costumes. I also made a movie of still pictures from last Christmas to the song O Holy Night and we watched that on the t.v. I was really proud of my babies and how much effort they put into the show and how much they really tried to do a good job!! I loved it and I think our family did as well!! It's definitely a memorable event in our homeschooling journey!!



Here they are dressed as Mary and Joseph ( I used a combo of sheets, pillowcases and towels to accomplish these looks!!), they also had a baby Jesus in a "manger" at their feet but it's not in the picture.

And here they are dressed as carolers with their hats, scarves, mittens and sweaters. I also gave them red folders so they looked more like a real caroler!! I thought it turned out pretty cute!!

We also shared a delicious lasagna dinner complete with homemade peach cobbler. I was very pleased with how the dinner and the show turned out!! I'm not sure if this will happen every year, but I'm glad we did it this time!!