During dinner we enjoyed the spontaneous burst of holiday singing from the children's table! -and the adult conversation that could be had or heard over the children and between being up and down getting the food...the up-side is that I've never had my dishwasher so well packed and so many dishes down so quickly by the moms that helped in cleaning up...thank you!
After dinner we gathered downstairs to our main preschool room, and the children sang, 'Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer'
and then 'Santa Claus is Coming to 
town', and 'Feliz Navidad'...although we all know that they liked the musical instruments more than singing the words on the last song! They then were dressed into simple costumes for our Nativity
, and as a group we sang the carols of Christmas and of Jesus' birth - there were sweet moments in looking at a group of 3 year olds dressed up and portraying the Nativity scene, to the funny 'Best Christmas Pageant' moments such as when we were about to sing and tell about the prophecy of Samuel the Lamanite, when the little boy portraying that character started to dance around and was wisked away for a quick potty break (
my own son!) and we neeeded to rearrange the songs, or when the hat that we were using for the 'Wise Man' slipped around on his head, and one of our angels looked at him and started to laugh and say, "Your hat is SO funny!"...which was funnier than the hat sliding around! These are the great moments of life! Thank you for sharing with us such a wonderful and fun memory, that not only helps these children create a bond and friendship that benefits our preschool during our everyday activities...however, we have created such wonderful friendships with each of you as families of these children, and we admire and appr
eciate you so very much. May this next year and the 2nd semester of preschool bring as many treasured moments!"Christmas, {FOR} children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.
~Mary Ellen Chase
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