Well, I don't have a real thought-provoking post for you this week... Just some random thoughts that I managed to make all start with the letter F.
Finally, Mikaela is done with First grade!!! We are happy and I am amazed at how much we have both grown this year. Perhaps more reflection on that will be coming, but for now I'll just say I'm grateful for how it ended and that vacation is here!!!
Flying airplanes doing stunts and leaving swirling smoke trails were fun to watch at the annual Father's Day weekend airshow Saturday morning here in town. It was lots of Fun! Sorry... I'm not going to take the time to post a picture right now so you'll have to use your imagination. (Sun, airplanes, beach chairs, umbrellas, sun, exhibits, more sun, more airplanes... you get the picture!)
Fish were friends, not food (except for the Goldfish crackers and gummy-fish) at my niece's birthday party on Saturday evening. Bailey turned 2 and her parents put on quite the Fabulous party. Toby finally (after watching kids much younger for at least an hour) got up the nerve to go down the inflatable waterslide and there was no stopping him after that. Hooray!
Father's Day weekend was special. For maybe the first time in a long while, I got to see all 3 of my dads (Dad, Step-Dad, Father-in-law) on Father's Day weekend. And we also celebrated my favorite father of all... the father of my kids! (Well, God's really my favorite Father... but you know what I mean!) I love each one of you men so much!!!
And...
Fruit!!! Not just eating it... but learning about it! This summer, God gave me the idea to teach Mikaela and Toby about the Fruit of the Spirit (see Galatians 5:22-23) and we're very excited about it. There are nine "fruits" (though I think they're really aspects of the same Fruit?) listed in that passage and we have exactly nine weeks of vacation, so we're going to talk about one each week. I'm excited as I know that kids will learn a lot and I will too... And maybe we'll all be showing some spiritual fruit by the end of our study as well. I'll be sure to keep you posted.
: ) Have a Fabulous week Friends!!!
J, Melissa
Great fruit idea! I'd be interested to know how you teach things like this at home (just because, you know, the more you hear about how others do it the more you learn...) I have to say, most of Reb's spiritual and Biblical learning has come from conversation and conversation over life situations, (and some memory verses) but I would really like to incorporate some more practical... Bible stuff.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, 9 weeks on fruits of the spirit. Maybe, we should recruit you to teach Sunday school this summer ;-) Just kidding. I know you are doing what you should be. But, what a great plan for summer spiritual snacking.
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