Playing the Part

These little characters came alive at our house tonight!
Complete with swaddling clothes, a bed-sheet stable and a pillowcase-clad manger, Mary and Joseph welcomed their new baby.
Mary tried hard to keep him wrapped up tight, despite the persistent,

noisy efforts of another smaller member of this household, who was

determined to free him!

Our Mary was as precious a mother as I have ever seen.

We even had a visiting shepherd come by to see the baby!

She was precious, too (when she wasn't trying to steal the baby's blanket!).

Welcome, sweet baby.