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Christmas Countdown Tree (for Jesse Tree Ornaments)
December 1, 2012
The past two years, our family has enjoyed creating an Advent Tree (also called a Jesse Tree) to count down to Christmas. Actually, the first year we did a tree,…
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Crazy Sock Ideas
November 11, 2012
Does your child's school or Awana club do crazy sock day (or night)? We have crazy sock night at Awana once each year, and I never have any good ideas.…
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Sibling Squabbles and the Kindness Car
June 10, 2012
At our house, we struggle with sibling fighting. A lot. There are days when it seems that every word that comes out of everyone's mouth is rude, selfish, or designed…
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Memorizing Scripture with Your Kids
February 10, 2012
During some seasons of our life, it has been easier than others to do a well-organized Bible time with the boys each morning. This lesson on Elijah is a good…
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Make an Advent Book
December 3, 2011
I can't remember what exactly got me thinking about the word "advent" - maybe it was the Star Wars Lego advent calendar I saw in the store, or the one…
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Living Water
March 25, 2011
Lately we have been reading through the New Testament during our morning Bible Time. We are using the Child's Story Bible by Catherine Vos, which is an excellent resource for…
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Fruit of the Spirit Bible Study
January 13, 2011
At the beginning of January, my boys and I began studying the fruit of the Spirit. They have memorized Galatians 5:22-23, and we are learning about one "fruit" each day. …
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Sibling Fighting Cont.: Practical Ways to Survive It
December 29, 2010
Last night, I posted about sibling fighting and some of the things that God has been teaching me about the heart issues involved. I do want to add, however, that…
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Sibling Fighting
December 28, 2010
This picture was my favorite of all the pictures I took this Christmas. We were in the middle of opening gifts at my parents' house when Owen decided to find…
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How Big was Goliath?
December 13, 2010
Today's advent tree reading was about David and Goliath. (Well, when I say "today," I mean the one we did today, which was the reading for December 11th. But if…
