Exploring Easter: Saturday
This must have been a terrible day for the disciples. Not only were they afraid for their own lives, but they probably felt as if they had no hope. Their teacher, their rabbi was gone. How disheartening that must have…
Exploring Easter: Friday
For today’s family activity, place a white carnation in a vase. Add some red food coloring to the water in the vase. Read 1 Peter 1:18-19 and talk about what it meant that Jesus was a “lamb without blemish or…
Exploring Easter: Thursday
Here are a few ideas for making today meaningful… Wash the feet of your family members. Read John 13:1-17. Then grab a bowl of water, some towels and experience this part of the Easter story together as a family! Pray…
Show Me the Love {Five Love Languages for Kids}
A few days ago, Mindy (a blog-friend-who-I’ve-never-actually-met-in-real-life-friend) posted on her blog about her love language. That reminded me of an article I wrote for a local Family magazine back in February and thought I would share it with you as…
Exploring Easter: Wednesday
It’s time for a scavenger hunt! Look all around your house (both inside and outside) for things that represent the Easter story. Collect those items and then talk about them with your child. Here are just a few that we…
Exploring Easter: Tuesday
The idea for today from Thriving Family is a great one, but one that is a little beyond our 3-year old and 1-year old abilities. :) Here is the original idea from Thriving Family: “Make an Easter picture tree….
Exploring Easter: Monday
Read John 6:35 “Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” Talk to your child(ren) about what this means. Just like bread meets our…
A Lesson Learned: Closed Doors
Since reading Crazy Love, Prince Charming and I have been trying to find ways to live intentionally and radically for God. I specifically have been thinking of “big” things I can do…but God seems to keep closing doors on my “big”…
Exploring Easter: Sunday
I received my first copy of Thriving Family magazine yesterday and was thrilled with everything inside. I spent lots of time perusing the articles because they were all so great, but was so excited to find this feature on Exploring Easter,…
A Lesson on Empathy: Talking with your child about the tsunami
I’ve debated whether or not to talk to Big Brother about the tsunami. We never have the TV on when the boys are awake (unless Big Brother is watching a kid-appropriate video), so it isn’t like he would “accidentally” see…
A Lesson Learn(ing): It’s {Not} All About Me!
I’ve seen the phrase “It’s All About Me” a few different times this week in a few different settings…first on a piggy bank selling for $2.49 at Walgreens and later on a child’s t-shirt. This phrase literally makes me cringe….
A Lesson Learned: Don’t forget to put on sunscreen!!
Prince Charming and I just got back from a trip to Miami! He had a week-long management conference for work there (all expenses paid) and I joined him mid-week. The boys stayed the majority of the time with my mom…
A Lesson Learn(ing): Small Things
Mother Teresa once said, “In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.” I’ve been thinking about this quote a lot lately, especially after reading this post. There seems to be something…
Day 7 of Creation: God Rested
If there is ever a wonderful excuse for making (or rather, encouraging) your child nap, it’s that God himself had to rest after creating the entire world! Interestingly, the seventh day of creation is not included in the account of creation…
Day 6 of Creation: Animals and Man
Go here to download this image We took a little field trip to learn about Day 6 of God’s Creation…it was a beautiful day so we went to the zoo! What better way to “learn” about God’s creation than seeing…
A Lesson Learned: I Will Not Forget You!
I love it when I find a scripture that specifically speaks to me that I don’t recall having ever read before. Here is such a scripture I read this past week: “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast…
Day 5 of Creation: Birds & Fish
“And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the…
Day 4 of Creation: Sun, Moon, & Stars
“And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, and let them be lights in…