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| Assembling the Lego creation |
Tonight we discussed the fall in the Garden of Eden and I must say, it is a delight to have my 8 year old read the stories aloud to us now. This is also the first year they have joined AWANA and one benefit already is tying in the verses they have memorized with the story, like they had both memorized Romans 3:23 which fit with our discussion of sin and disobedience to the perfect plan God would have wanted us to live out. I look forward to the deeper conversations that we will have with them now that they are all of 5 and 8.
Two crafts I have adopted with our traditions are making felt ornaments and melting and molding chocolate shapes. My ornaments have gotten so much easier this year thanks to my Stampin' Up Big Shot to die cut perfect circles. The ornament designs are fun to make, playing around with stitching techniques and implement symbolism even with the choices of color. These I've made during the year in preparation for Advent. November 30 is usually spent standing over my little melting pot stirring the chocolate wafers until they melt (Ghirardelli makes good and easily available melting chips!), pouring by spoon into the plastic molds and freezing on cookie sheets. This year I made 6 sets with the burst of energy I got Sunday after 9pm! Enjoy Life vegan chips work as well. By stretching our imagination a bit we have adapted shapes to fit about 18 out of the 25 Jesse Tree stories. Everyone definitely loves the addition of chocolate!
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| Felt ornament of the Tree and White chocolate skull representing man's death | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Caught eating the turtle's food! |
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I think the wandering wise men were a hit! One wise man with his camel and treasure were found at daybreak and talked about all day. I even saw that my son had set a compass ring out for him to borrow and the use of his toy airplane. The wise man didn't take him up on that offer... but the boys have a great imagination and I think this will be a fun, goofy addition too.
Please feel free to share any ideas or adaptations that your family is enjoying!
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