The Birth of Christ According to Laney

I overheard Laney “reading”  to Liam today and had to write down what she said.  She was reading a do-it-yourself sticker book about the Nativity that we had done together.  Of course she can’t actually read, but she was able to piece together the story of the birth of Jesus.  In case you are curious, here is more or less how it happened 2000 years ago:

“There was lots of sheep and buildings.  Mary was there and all of the sudden a angel told Mary she was having a baby going to be born.  And then Mary was on a donkey and there were lots of roads and sheep and animals and Joseph leading a donkey.  Lots of people and chickens.  Jesus was going to be with Mary in the manger and there was lots of animals.  All of the sudden an angel disappeared with sheep and he told all the shepherds a baby Jesus was going to get born in Bethlehem.   The sheep were watching the baby get born fast asleep.  All the shepherds came and Joseph and Mary were there to see Jesus.  It took a long way to travel for the shepherds.  They went by some palm trees and all the kings brought gold and sparrows.  And Jesus woke up and Mary and the animals and one angel and lots of stars were there.  And it was good.  There was a angel and a man who brought sparrows and gold and the shepherds came, all the animals came, all the angels were singing and the stars, animals and people took a long way to travel there.  Okay?  And Mary had her baby after riding a donkey.   The End.”