Monday, December 13, 2010

My sweet "Mary"

My neighbor always celebrates Las Posadas, which is a reenactment of Mary and Joseph's journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem in search of shelter. We end up at their house, where we are welcomed in, not only for the story as told in the Bible, but also for a yummy dinner. This year Halle was asked to be Mary. I think she made quite the cute Mary. We put a stuffed animal in her shirt to give her the pregnant belly. She thought it was funny to look like mom, with a baby in her belly. But when asked by our neighbor if there was a baby in her belly, she responded, "No, it's a purple hippo." The kids always have fun with this activity, and hopefully they are taking away some of the real meaning of Christmas along with it.
Clate, by the way, was a shepherd, and Chloe was asked to be an angel but refused.

3 comments:

Kendra Leigh said...

Cute activity. And I have to say, that I can't believe you are going to have a baby any day. You look so fantastic!

Jim and Diane Jaspersen said...

Cute!!! I love that Halle was honest and said it was a Purple Hippo in her belly! Your kids are sooooo cute!!!

Nicole said...

SO cute!!! i love the purple hippo belly! :) so, i have totally been awol from blogging... and sadly i have no time to catch up right now, but it's so fun to see others are still out there updating! yeah!!!
k, so you know you've been out of it when your friend is days away from having a baby and you didn't even know she was prego!!! yikes!!! congrats! and sorry i've been lame! hope you are well and i would REALLY LOVE to get together soon!!
cuidate mucho, guapa!
ps. hoy...