Tessa had a field trip to the Roper Mountain Science Center. We have only been here once before, and I found it a rather boring place. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find this experience was much better than I expected. The kids walked down a path, through a recreated turn of the century town and gathered in the stable. There were ducks and chickens for the kids to look at and lambs, a cow and a pony for the kids to pet. The leader then proceeded to tell the story of the birth of Baby Jesus. As she described each character in the story, she took a volunteer and dressed them accordingly. I was surprised when Tessa didn't volunteer. As the story progressed, I figured she must be holding out for a cool costume. In fact, the leader offered that she could be the star. Aw, that would have been so cute. But, Tessa was having none of the star costume because it had to go over the head. Whatever. She didn't want to be the angel either, not sure why the hesitation there. We had more kids than characters and soon the story was complete. The extras were told they could play the townspeople of Bethlehem and they could visit Baby Jesus too. Ms. Haynes knows Tessa so well, she said the townspeople and the local princess (Tessa) went to see the baby. I love it! The storytelling and the fact that we were in an actual stable with a manger was a great way to tell the Christmas Story.
After that, we trekked back up to the school house for a fun craft. We were all glad to get in out of the cold and enjoyed the real fire. Tessa was sad that she didn't get to ride the bus back to school but, they were short by two seats. I tried to make it a fun ride by beating the bus back to school which Tessa liked.
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