Teachable {MOM}ents

I have been reading "31 Days to Clean: Having a Martha House the Mary Way " and it is blessing me more than I would have thought. I began one week ago today, and I will admit that I am now only on day 6 because I did not do it over the weekend. I made a decision in starting it, that it was going to take more than 31 days. The weekends are so precious to me and at the same time, so busy for our family that I don't want to add anything else to them. I also generally use the weekends to catch up on chores like laundry, meal planning, grocery shopping, and general pick-up around the house. Day one began with a challenge to write a "mission statement"of sorts, reminding yourself of WHY you clean. This was mine > Lord, I want my home to be a cozy haven. I want to rid it of chaos and disorganization, so that it will be a place of relaxation and fellowship. An inviting environment, that feels like home. As I clean each day, remind me that you are my H eavenly Homem...

Today, we continued with the ABC's of Advent - "B is for Baby Jesus". We began by changing the "gift marker" on our Advent Calendar to day 2. Then I asked Evelyn to tell me who Jesus is. Her Response: "Jesus is a King. I know Jesus is born." After that we read Matthew 1:22-25. "The virgin will conceive and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel (which means "God with us")." Matthew 1:23 We read the book, "On This Special Night" and then sang a song about Baby Jesus. Jesus, Jesus, Oh what a wonderful child. Jesus, Jesus, so lowly, meek and mild. New life, new hope, new joy he bring, Won't you listen to the angels sing. Glory, Glory, Glory, to the newborn King! Here is Evelyn doing "Jesus" sign language to the song: Now it was time to make our ornament. Today, we made an ornament out of a Christmas Card - you can use any Christmas card with the nativity, manger or baby Jesus on it. Items ...

Evelyn and I are exploring Advent this year. We are using an advent Calendar and then also doing the ABC's of Advent. We placed the "gift marker" into the number one pocket on our Advent Calendar and then began. Today, December 1st, is the first day. And today is "A is for Angels". We started out reading Luke 2:8-14 "Glory to God in the Highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!" After we read the scripture, I asked Evelyn to tell me what Angels are. Her reply: "An Angel is a pyramid and it flies off the grass." We talked for a few moments about how God created Angels to show His glory, to be His messengers and that Angels protect His children. We sang "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" and Evelyn and Beckett both sang along ;) Evelyn did catch on to one line "Glory to the King" - and isn't that the most important one? After our song, we prayed. "Dear God thank you for the Angels. Thank you for showing your cre...