Marie had a lot more to memorize in order to earn her t-shirt, handbook, and bag. We were pretty pleased for her. 🙂
Despite her smile, she was pleased as well. ♥
Tabitha
AWANA crazy hair night
The girls are all doing AWANA this year at a nearby church. We are so excited to be part of this excellent paraministry. We are particularly excited that Johanna can be part of it. She is a Cubbie, Tabitha is a SPARKS, and Marie is a TnT. They got to do a crazy hair night and both Johanna and Tabitha have earned their bags and gear. Marie was a bit confused on what her objective was the first two weeks, but I think we have that all cleared up. She should get her gear soon.
Crazy hair night was a TON of fun.
Firestation field trip
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.
Home SUNDAY school
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.
Bowling with Poppy
on the Wii
Art for a homeschool
We’ve usually found ways for our homeschool art classes to be covered within activities we do. However, a friend of ours uses artprojectsforkids.org and I really liked some of the projects on that site. We’ve managed to do three, as of this posting (9/3). These pictures are from 8/27. Marie wasn’t happy with having to stop playing to do art. I must say. It’s not really her thing. She’s good at it, but she doesn’t ♥LOVE♥ it. But I’m okay with that. So many other things ARE her things. 🙂 Tabitha, on the other hand, is all over the projects. 🙂
just to share
He made me a polished arrow
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.”
Homemade cards
War is the new go-to game in these Disciples’ home. Tab took it upon herself to make her own deck of cards. She made all 52 regular cards as well as two Jokers. She and I played two games of War with this fabulous set before she grew tired of it. I rather enjoyed the homemade set. ♥
Dayspring Disciples 