The kids in the Family Workshop

It’s been a busy couple weeks since I last wrote. We had the Family Workshop at our church. All the kids were able to participate in this. It was SO much fun for them. The kids were each put into different classes. Each of the boys planted a little plant – that I’m now trying to keep alive. They decorated journals and painted t-shirts with their names and their class logos. They’ve been wearing those t-shirts proudly everywhere we will let them, only taking them off for washing now and then when I make them.

The teachers did such a good job. The kids were learning about the 4 soils from Luke and Ethan’s teacher reviewed them with the kids so much that Ethan started blurting them out in the large group times – times when all the kids met together. Part of the draw was that every time a child answered they were given a Starburst candy. So Ethan wanted those candies. He would shoot his little hand into the air and then not wait to be called on but would blurt out the answers. He could list of all the types of soils and what they meant. We were so proud of him! They all learned all the songs and new the verses with a LOT of help. James and John did their activity papers almost completely – with help from their teachers. But the teachers kept telling me how well they could write for only being just barely 5. Guess our school work is paying off!

Another thing they did was to have 4 of the teen guys dress up like Mexican boys and come in and talk with grossly fake latin accents and just be very silly. Our kids got such a kick out of them. Once when they came running in, Ethan laughed and laughed out loud, leaning over and slapping his knee. Another time Elizabeth got so tickled that she just sat there and laughed hysterically the whole time they were in the room. They almost had to take her out! James and John would just giggle and giggle at everything they said.

It’s been neat to see our kids start to participate more in our family Bible reading. They have been giving real answers to questions James asks them about the Bible passages we just read, not just Sunday School answers. It is so fun to watch our little Christians grow!

Well, I’ll try to be a bit better about posting things here from now on!  I guess time just got away from me!