Christmas Program Meltdown, Colin Style

After our St. Nick adventures we headed off to preschool for the school's special Christmas program. They only offered the program on Tuesday and Wednesday, and since our school day is Friday, they offered parents the chance to bring their kids in and stay with them through the program. Since we are always looking for a morning adventure, we said SURE. We were the only Friday students to do so though!

We joined Miss Heather, the kids' regular teacher, and her Tuesday/Thursday class (and our friend Xavier) on their way through the sanctuary. We visited five or six "stops" and listened to the shepherds, angel, Wise Men, and Mary as they told us their portions of the Nativity story.

C&G enjoyed the shepherds' herd:


And the Wise Men's words (that's Xavier playing the part of Wise Man #3):


They did a nice job of listening to each portion of the story and saying Happy Birthday to Baby Jesus at the end. The minister who spoke to them at the last stop totally lost them though; I surely hope he's not the Youth Minister!

When we made it back to the lobby, Miss Heather was ready to take her class to the Muscle Room (their gymnasium), and I told my kiddos it was time to head home, Colin had a fit. He yelled and cried and generally let it be known that HE WAS NOT HAPPY and HE DID NOT WANT TO GO HOME. He wanted to STAY. Miss Heather told me that he's unhappy every class day when they say it's time to go home! Oh poor boy! I totally understood why he was upset. But still! A fit in front of the teacher is not a welcome thing!

Eh, well, we all survived.