Modesty…

Ruby and I have already had conversations about modesty and what it means and why it is important.  In Barbie’s Christmas Carol movie, Barbie wears an inappropriate dress.  My friend, Mary, prepared me for it before we watched the movie.  I mean, you don’t see the cleavage, but there is a plummeting neck line with sheer material “covering” the skin that only your husband should see.  So, anyway, Ruby now will say, “Mama, I like the bottom of her dress, but I don’t like the top.” 

Last night we were watching abc family movies…not sure what movie it was, something about Brain Freeze…the lady in a part had a dress on that pushed her ta-ta’s up and together, making quite a bit of cleavage.  Ruby, on her own, said, “Mama, it is not nice that all of this right here (pointing to the non-existent breast area on herself) is peeking out.”  or something like that….Then, she said something about how she sees a lot of people that do that.  

While I am sad that she has to see so many immodest folks, I am glad she recognizes that it is inappropriate.  We have a long way to go with this, I am sure.  It is so important though and will be worth our time and effort!

Our own little Christmas pageant

Last Saturday night we did a Christmas pageant in our living room.  Molly was Mary.  Ruby was a shepherd girl.  Mack must have been a wolf because he was attacking all of Ruby’s sheep.  Josh read the story from Luke 2, and I suppose I was the stage manager as I tried to direct the kid’s in what to say and do.  It was interesting….

 

Baby Jesus in the manger
Baby Jesus in the manger
The Three Wise Men
The Three Wise Men

 

Mary and Baby Jesus
Mary and Baby Jesus
The Shepherd and her sheep
The Shepherd and her sheep

 

Josh reading the story
Josh reading the story

 

The wolf attacking the sheep
The wolf attacking the sheep

 

Molly and Ruby and the rest of the cast
Molly and Ruby and the rest of the cast

Gingerbread House and Shopping

We had a shopping swap with the Bakers, and it was a huge help! We both took care of each other’s kids while getting some Christmas shopping done. Josh and I still have a bit more to go, but that is ok.
Alex, Faith, Ruby and Molly made a gingerbread house….dsc_00043dsc_00081