It was a rainy Saturday that Mommy DIDN’T have to work. Our local fire station had an open house and we enjoyed our first fire station tour in years. Frankly, I don’t know if Johanna has ever been to one, and Tabitha was quite little the last time around.
The boys even made the most of it.
The kids got a tour of the Fire Safety house with tips on keeping your home protected, etc.
When we got home Tabitha created some of her own Firefighter gear and recruited some help along the way.
For the last few years we’ve been doing Daddy-led Sunday school at home. Why? Enh – a bunch of reasons. But it works for the most part. We decided to do some fun-geared review. Two teams. Two dry erase boards. A few questions.
Stewart and Tabitha won the first round naming the 12 disciples the most quickly. Both teams got stuck on one each. We let them use a LIFELINE.
They then won the second round naming the 12 sons of Jacob.
Marie and Nigel won the third round naming the judges from judges. They should have gotten extra points for naming them in order, but I didn’t think about that at the time.
Then all points were forgotten and laughter ensued as we played Bible story charades. Marie and Nigel acted out Abraham offering Isaac as a sacrifice. Stewart and Tabitha acted out Daniel being found praying and then being thrown into the lion’s den. They decided they’d like to work together to make one up for Mom to guess. That became two. First one was hysterical as Tabitha ran into a “tower” and threw down a pillow on Nigel. He pantomimed something to Stewart and Stewart slew him. (I couldn’t even catch my breath from laughter to answer before Tab yelled out, “I threw a millstone!!”) Judges 9:53 – Abimelek is hit by a millstone but demands that his armor-bearer kills him so he doesn’t die at the hand of a woman.
Next Nigel baptized Tabitha and then Marie and Stewart came and grabbed him. Stewart then cut off his head.
Each week at church we have a revolving group of musically talented individuals stand in the front of the church during worship time to lead the congregation in the singing of worship songs. Our Worship Minister (a/k/a piano teacher) asked Marie to join them one week. I had completely planned on leaving the camera at home so as not to take photos during the service. That morning, however, when I was preparing to have Marie to church 75 minutes before the service, it dawned on me that I should bring the camera… and take photos… during the rehearsal! 🙂
Even more special because of the effort it took to open!
Isaiah 49:1-3 The Servant of the Lord
Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother He named my name. He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand He hid me; He made me a polished arrow; in his quiver He hid me away. And He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
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