On the fourth day of Christmas...

...there was a Christmas pageant! This pageant was held two weeks ago, just a few days into the power outage. K stayed home to babysit the newly-installed generator, and I took EJ and Sophie for the evening. Our church has enough kids to have two pageants each year - the same one on two different weekends. That way, everyone can participate.

EJ was SO excited to be Mary this year. Since she was three, she has been an angel in the pageant, and as much as she loves the angel costumes, she liked being able to be someone different this year.

After the pageant, we always have a big potluck dinner (Lutherans really know how to have potlucks. And Garrison Keillor would be proud...there was jello salad.) Dinner is followed by a talent show where the kids in the church can play and instrument, sing, dance, do magic tricks, sit in yoga poses, or show off karate kicks. EJ played the piano again this year - Away in a Manger.

Pap Pap and Mamaw are leaving today to visit my brother's family for a few days. I'm hoping to catch up on the laundry and visit the local LLBean outlet for some after-holiday shopping!