Joy School Christmas Program

Olivia's Joy School held a Christmas program a few weeks before Christmas this year.  There are six kids in the school, all nice kids from our neighborhood.  It was so fun to go watch them perform!  Olivia was still recovering from a cold she had the week before, so unfortunately she was coughing through much of it, but she was so excited to be involved.

Olivia played the part of a shepard.  It wasn't until the day of the program that she exclaimed, "But I wanted to be the angel!"  So funny, because I thought all little girls wanted to be Mary.

Mary and Joseph at the Inn.  So cute!

The angel coming to Mary.  Our adorable angel, Paisley, who is normally super out-going, got a little stage fright. It was pretty cute.

 The shepherds coming to adore the baby. 

After the nativity, the kids performed some songs they had been working on. Olivia had been singing them in the car all week long, but got pretty quiet when it was time to perform.

This was their favorite number, Jingle Bells. They all really got into it. 

There were some other songs that they performed as well, and there's actually a pretty funny back story. One of the songs is about the "very best part of Christmas" and the song claims that it is "the present you give away." On the way to the party, we had the songs playing in the car, and both boys were quite upset by the song. "The very best part is NOT the present you give a way, it's JESUS!" They exclaimed. I thought it was pretty funny.Harrison has since changed the words from "the present you give away" to "Jesus' birthday" every time it gets sung.