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When I was younger, I could handle colds just fine.  They barely slowed me down.  Now they make me so tired.  Like lay down and sleep all day tired.  Or at least sit in bed and look at yarn catalogs while my children bring me lunch.  Which is what happened today.

Anyway, what I really wanted to share was pictures of our homeschool group’s Epiphany play.  The children wrote it themselves and they acted it out after mass on Saturday.  Then we had a pizza party, complete with a Kings Cake.

Here’s the caravan/chorus:

While not “on stage” the children stayed together off to the side.  They sang Christmas songs in between scenes.

The Magi study maps and scrolls to figure out what the star is all about.
Our group has only 3 school age boys, so girls played the Three Kings.  That’s Pumpkin Girl as Caspar in the middle.  She had some major issues with having to play a “boy’s” role at first.  But later, when she learned that she was one of the stars of the show and had a lot of lines, she embraced the role.  We were really proud of her, she learned all her lines by herself and really tried to act them, not just say them.

King Herod and the High King discuss the prophecy of the Messiah.

The Star of Bethlehem points the way to the Holy Family.  Boo is Joseph and Bip is toddler Jesus.  Because of course, Jesus was no longer a baby when the Magi found him.

These pictures are actually from the dress rehearsal, when I was able to move around and get close to the actors.  During the play, the greenery in the background was lit up with white lights and Bip refused to play Jesus. “Me no want to!” complete with crossed arms and pouty face! We brought a backup baby, our family doll Pumpkin, who at the age of 37 is quite the veteran of many a church Christmas play and didn’t act up a bit.

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