Gorgeous

Frozen fountain in Forsyth Park in my beloved Savannah




(Photos from www.savannah.for91days.com)

O Holy Morning (at Northside Drive Baptist Church Preschool)

Friday morning was the 22nd Annual Christmas Pageant at Sam and Lily's preschool. Sam starred, in a pivotal role, as Joesph and Lily was a donkey. He had one line, which he delivered beautifully,

"Mary, I have been commanded by the King to go to Bethlehem. Please come with me."

He did make goofy faces when he first saw Andy and me in the crowd which I quickly nixed with the "Don't you dare!" glare that only mothers can give. He then proceeded to bend over with his hands on his knees repeatedly, as if winded from standing up for so long. You'd think he'd just competed in a 500 yard dash or something. He was belting out those songs though. He did a great job.

Lily the donkey was too weary from her journey to Bethlehem to stand on her own little donkey legs and insisted her teacher hold her while she turned her back to the crowd and stuck her hand in her mouth the whole time. She also refused to wear her donkey ears- I kind of expected that. I'm glad I put a big white bow on her head so I could spot her in the sea of donkeys. I think she may have rung her bell a few times but that was the extent of her participation. Maybe she is holding out for a bigger role ;)




Mary and Joesph


The back of Lily and Ms. Alicia


They were thrilled to pose for pictures afterward.



On a side note, who in the world asks a nine months pregnant woman to hop on a donkey and walk to a faraway town? Couldn't Joesph just vouch for her in the census?
"Listen, my wife is nine months pregnant- gonna give birth any day, I mean she wanted to come, but then she would be all uncomfortable, you know how women are, stopping to go the bathroom every five minutes, pestering me to ask for directions... You understand, right? Besides, I beat my best time by 26 minutes! 26 minutes!! Impressive, huh?"

Am I going to hell (I mean for this, not all that other stuff)?

All kidding aside, St. Joesph must have been an amazing man with an extraordinary faith in God and is an example to us all on how to love unconditionally. May God bless us all with such attributes.

Progress!

Why do I even buy toys?

Lily likes to help me unload groceries and then play with all the cans. These are all her "fwiends" and are all named Hot Dog.