....Sleep Over.....

Well tonight has been a fun night. Had mom and dad and Jael come over for dinner.

Then Evie and Asher stayed the night. They are so cute, they can't wait to stay

but they were ready for bed at 8:30pm. I finally put on Madagascar 3 and then they fell alseep.

EVIE

ASHER

ROSE

BUBBY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 To bad that Bug is at a concert tonight and will not be back until about 1:00am.

That means Mommy and Daddy have to stay up.....Oh well I hope she had a good time.

.....You Have to let them grow up sometime.....

Well, there comes a time when you just have to let your kids grow up. It's a hard thing to

do but it must be done. There is a time when you have to trust that everything that you have

taught them is enough. Well today was that day for us. Our baby girl, Bug, who is now 12 went

to her very first Youth Group Outing today. They went to Winter Jam in Cincinnati. She was

so excited. She couldn't wait to go. I am sure we will have Pictures to post later.

.......Valentines Day.......

I have the best parents in the world..... I got Sheris Berries for valentines day. They were sooooo yummy. If you have never had them before, let me just say you are missing out. Here is a look at what they look like.

......LapBooking.....

Well while doing some searches on a new unit study I want to do with the kids I learned a new thing. It's called lapbooks. If you are like me you might look at this and say "What in the world is this?"

Well it is a neat and creative way for kids to do book reports, graphic organizers, and just about anything you want. So I tinkered alittle yesterday and here is my first lapbook. Not the best but it was fun.

 

The Book We are reading for the unit study

The Cover



....Outside Fun.....

Well we woke up this morning and the sun is shinning so beautifully. So What do we do? We go outside. It is still a little chilly but We got our bikes out and made a fire. We worked together as a team and problem solved. Here's the pics.



Dayton Art Museum FieldTrip

Well we went to the dayton art museum today and if I can say so it was awsome. We got divided into groups and our group had 6 kids. It was so nice. Our tour guide did a excellant job at having the kids look at a picture and tell a story about it. We had some really good stories. Here is some pictures.

......The Power of our Words......

While reading my devotion for the kids lesson tonight at church, I was touched and thought I would sit down and share with you all. We all tend to live up to what others expect of us.  What we say to others can help them grow or discourage them from growing. Have you examined your speech lately? I mean not checking for swearing, but for blessings and cursings? What percentage of your words are positive, what percentage are negative? There was a poem by a lady named Dorothy Law Nolte, it was called

     "Children Learn What They Live"

If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn

If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy

If a child lives with encouragement, he learns to be confident

If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself

 

Bless your children with words spoken from a heart full of Jesus' love and joy. More important than the words we say is the way we say them. Our feelings can be sensed and can have a larger effect than our words. Help your kids learn that, through Jesus, they can overcome negative things people say to them, and learn to be positive in what they say to others.  This challenged me to really examine the words that come out of my mouth.