My little shepherd - One Step At a Time

When our church needed nativity cuties for their carol service, I was happy to put Nicky’s name down. He landed up being allocated to the role of a shepherd. We were very excited.

The first project was to find a costume. We found a tunic at Pirouette. It was a bit small and we had to wait for a larger size to come in, but once we tried on the second one, he was sorted. It also had a headband with a little scarf as a headdress.

We also got our hair cut at The Pear Tree again. This time by Lungi. My hair looked so fab after that blow dry. This time Nicky didn’t even cry during the cut, only for the blow dry.

The rehearsal was a blast. The only problem was that Nicky was a bit too excited. I gave him a pet sheep as a prop and it got thrown around. Then when we got to the actual stage he thought the vibrations from the music were an invitation to start dancing.

Here is a video of Nicky getting down, you know, as shepherds do.

The night of the actual show we were in the audience with our picnic and candles. Nicky is fascinated with candles now with all the load shedding. He loves to blow them out. Repeatedly. So you have to keep lighting so he can keep blowing. We had a marathon session of leaning over to get B’s light so he could blow it out again. Eventually I was glad that he was interested in keeping his candle lit and I showed him how to play with the wax.

The second half of the service was time for the nativity scene. I sat with him until they called for the shepherds. Up he went with the two other shepherds and the angels. After that he sat on the stage for the rest between other kids quite happily.

At the end they got to use some tambourines for the final two songs and Nicky enjoyed shaking and making a noise.

By this time it was after eight and our little shepherd was extremely tired. It was home for bedtime.

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Other random news.

-He was also tired because we have a new trampoline which is lots of fun and great for using up energy.

-It is super hot! We swam as well.

-Load shedding. What can I say? We are getting prepared now with our candles. I’ve luckily prepared the food at the right time, so I’ve been okay so far. Wax can really drip over everything – I just need to make sure I put them on things that protect surfaces. I

-I seem to be a bit battered and bruised lately. I hurt my arm on Monday and then on Thursday I tripped over the dog and hurt my left toe. After struggling with two different shoes I got some groovy slops until the swelling calms down.

-Otherwise I am feeling the summer holidays. Even though we are not going away I am looking forward to having B at home and having more time to do cool stuff.