Happy Birthday Jesus 2018

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

This post has been sitting in my computer for weeks now, so I better publish before it gets to be too old!

We had a great Birthday Party for Jesus. Thank you as always for our Room Moms and volunteers who make it all happen! 

We started out with some games of friendly competition...

Then we took a break to eat some DELICIOUS FOOD!

There was NO shortage of sugar, that's for sure:) 

We got to recite our Christmas Bible verses to focus on the true meaning of our celebration, and got to sing some Christmas hymns as well. That was a very special experience for all of us. 

We played more silly games. Look at the action shots with the flying rings!

We ended our time with our Favorite Snack Gift Exchange. I always enjoy seeing the pure excitement on their faces! 

By the way, I hope you enjoyed the wreath that your children made for you! I want to say a special THANK YOU to Mrs. Hull who cut hundreds and hundreds of green felt strips for us. I'm sure she never wants to see green felt ever again:) 

"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."

May the truth of His INCARNATION be your hope and strength in 2019. 

Reading in Narnia

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Our novel study of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe has been an enchanting experience, to say the least! 

We LOVED meeting the Pevensie children and Mr. Tumnus as Lucy stumbled into Narnia for the very first time. 

We have been shocked by Edmund's choices to be so deceitful and unkind. At the same time, it has been an excellent representation of how we can fall into sin, and the temptations that come along with it. We saw how the White Witch lured Edmund into thinking that she was GOOD (Scripture tells us that our enemy is the "father of lies"), and played into his weakness of pride and selfishness.

The Turkish Delight tasted delicious, as sin oftentimes is "delicious" at the time, but then later leads to destruction. Edmund found himself wanting more. He "...thought only of trying to shovel down as much Turkish Delight as he could, and the more he ate the more he wanted to eat..." (chapter 4). 

You should have seen the kids' faces when I told them that they can sample Turkish Delight for themselves! 

You can ask your student if they liked it or not:) 

We also wanted to experience what it must have felt like in Narnia since it's "always winter and never Christmas" there. So we bundled up in our winter gear, and read on the cold stairs!

It happened to be one of the coldest days of the year, so it was PERFECT! 

When we met Mr. and Mrs. Beaver, we found out that Lucy, Edmund, Susan, and Peter were served fish and potatoes for dinner.  

So we got to have "fish and potatoes" too as we read! 

Our "tea" was hot Apple Cider. Cheers to Aslan!

Please be in prayer for the hearts of the children, that they would see sin for what it truly is, and that they would know that our Savior has come (represented by Aslan), who sacrificed himself for the undeserving.