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Advent Reading: We continued our reading of Jotham’s Journey. The reading this week had lots of surprises and excitement. We look forward to our nightly readings and can’t wait to see what happens next. This week’s focus was on God being in control even when it doesn’t seem like it. School: Munchkin continued with her Names of Jesus study. This week, she learned about: Wonderful Counselor Prince of Peace Bread of Life Lamb of God Savior Home: We worked on several handmade Christmas and birthday gifts. Munchkin is working on a sewing project by herself that will be a gift. …

Wordless Wednesday: Our Thanksgiving Feast

Posted in Holidays, and Homemaking

December 9, 2009

Heather L

Spirit of CHRISTmas ornaments

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We liked the movie The Polar Express. Yes, it’s all about Santa, but Santa can be fun if we make sure our focus is where it should be — on Christ. One of the things that Munchkin enjoys about the movie is the jingle bell. This year, knowing that we had several Polar Express fans to give gifts to, we decided to do something as a spin off of the jingle bell in the movie. We found these bells at the dollar store. There were 9 bells in the package. I made some little tags that say “May the spirit…

Spreading CHRISTmas Cheer

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During October, we were part of a neighborhood activity called Boo! Someone ananomously placed 2 gifts on 2 doorsteps with some instructions and a paper ghost. The instructions encouraged the recipients of the gifts to do the same for 2 other people. Munchkin really enjoyed receiving her surprise and then spreading the giving spirit. She decided that she wanted to start one for Christmas, so she gave me the task of coming up with something. We decided the idea would be to spread some CHRISTmas Cheer and keep the Grinch away. We made a little ELF sign and redid a…

December 6, 2009

Heather L

Advent Week One in Review

Posted in Christian Life, Family, and Holidays

This week, we read through week one of Jotham’s Journey. If you haven’t read this book for Advent before, I highly recommend it. Two years ago, a friend showed it to me when we started talking about Advent activities. I couldn’t find it until last year. Unfortunately, last year, due to me recovering from surgery, we never made it past the first 2 days. This year, we are really enjoying our journey with Jotham. Munchkin worked on her Names of Jesus Keepsake Tree. She researched these names: Shiloh Messiah Morning Star Good Shepherd Munchkin wrote her findings on notebooking pages…