Jesus Party

For those of you who don't know, Gracie attends a Wednesday night class at our church called Preschool Mission Friends. I am one of the teachers for that class, and this month instead of discussing missionaries (we do not have our materials yet!) we have been doing different activities involving Christmas such as the birth of Jesus, God giving his son for us, God giving us all special abilities, and how God made each of us different. Our final activity this past Wed. night involved a birthday party for Jesus with a gingerbread theme, and included a birthday cake as well. We usually have a fairly small class of about four students (we've been doing a Dave Ramsey class instead of normal services on Wed. night) so it was awesome to have EIGHT kids show up, including two new faces!
We started out with coloring sheets while we waited for all the kids to arrive, and then moved on to our activity that involved a card stock magnet of a gingerbread man that read: God didn't use a cookie cutter when he made me! He made me special!. Then while Mrs. Jenny and I made up the plates of food, Mrs. Debbie read to the kids about the Nativity story. After they ate it was time for cake!

Group shot: from the back-Avery J, Avery S, and Mackenzie. front-Gracie, Noah, and Adam. (not in the shot: Sam and Katilyn.)


Another group shot: Mrs. Debbie helps some of the kids finish up their coloring sheet.


A shot of the whole cake. This was done by Nikki at the Winn-Dixie where I work.


A closer look at the picture. I actually found a picture on a sympathy card, and the cake turned out beautifully!