Easter Morning!
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| My little scholar with his new Bible! |
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| Our Family! |
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| My Sweetheart! |
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| He is Risen, Indeed! |
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| Tired after a busy day! |
Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Easter 2013
Here are some of my favorite pictures from Easter this year!
Time to decorate eggs!
Easter Morning!
Easter Morning!
Saturday, March 23, 2013
A Christ-Centered Easter
Easter is right around the corner (although the weather here in Wisconsin is still more like winter) and I really want my children's focus this year to be on the sacrifice that Christ made for them and the wonderful gift of salvation He provided for them.
Following are several ideas I have found from different sources that I may (or may not!) use this year!
He is Risen Paper Plate Tomb Craft
This would be fun to do with the kids during the week before Easter as we retell the Easter story - and possibly after coloring Easter eggs!
Christ-Centered Easter Baskets
Each year I have tried to make the focus of the kids Easter baskets on their spiritual growth with a new Bible or devotional book as well as some special treats. I found some great new ideas on the blog linked below.
Easter Printables
My new favorite (and free!) decorating trick for each holiday is to print out a new Scripture or cute subway art onto cardstock and place in a decorative frame. Here are a few favorites for Easter!
Easter Poem (Another Printable)
I have M&M's this year for the kids' baskets and found this neat poem to go along with them that reminds them of the Easter story. I think I'll print these out and roll them up like a little scroll to put with their bags of candy!
Printable Basket Gift Tags
I love printing out my own gift tags instead of purchasing them! They are so much fun to personalize. Here are some cute printables I found!
Resurrection Eggs
Rather than buying resurrection eggs, here are several ideas for making our own with free printables!
Printable Toddler Activity Pages
These printables are so cute. I may need to print some to do with Caleb!
Resurrection Basket Printables
I LOVE these beautiful printables. They will be the perfect addition to our Easter baskets this year!
Easter Story
We are enjoying reading the Easter story "Amon's Adventure" this year - the story of a boy in Jerusalem who encounters the Messiah and the resurrection! Our kids love this story collection and can't wait to read a chapter each evening.
Following are several ideas I have found from different sources that I may (or may not!) use this year!
He is Risen Paper Plate Tomb Craft
This would be fun to do with the kids during the week before Easter as we retell the Easter story - and possibly after coloring Easter eggs!
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| Instructions and PDF here |
Each year I have tried to make the focus of the kids Easter baskets on their spiritual growth with a new Bible or devotional book as well as some special treats. I found some great new ideas on the blog linked below.
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| Some great ideas here |
My new favorite (and free!) decorating trick for each holiday is to print out a new Scripture or cute subway art onto cardstock and place in a decorative frame. Here are a few favorites for Easter!
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| He is Risen Indeed Printable here |
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| I LOVE this one! (Printable here!) |
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| Another nice printable here |
I have M&M's this year for the kids' baskets and found this neat poem to go along with them that reminds them of the Easter story. I think I'll print these out and roll them up like a little scroll to put with their bags of candy!
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| 5x7 printable here |
I love printing out my own gift tags instead of purchasing them! They are so much fun to personalize. Here are some cute printables I found!
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| PDF here |
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| Printable here |
Rather than buying resurrection eggs, here are several ideas for making our own with free printables!
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| Printable here |
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| Cards to print out to go with resurrection eggs |
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| Pretty resurrection verse cards here |
Printable Toddler Activity Pages
These printables are so cute. I may need to print some to do with Caleb!
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| Add caption |
Resurrection Basket Printables
I LOVE these beautiful printables. They will be the perfect addition to our Easter baskets this year!
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| Instructions and link to printables here |
We are enjoying reading the Easter story "Amon's Adventure" this year - the story of a boy in Jerusalem who encounters the Messiah and the resurrection! Our kids love this story collection and can't wait to read a chapter each evening.
"He is not here, for He is risen as He said!"
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Countdown Day 2: December 2
Today was Sunday, so after lunch, we headed downstairs for today's Christmas activity. The kids decorated their little Christmas tree!
After church tonight, we started a new family tradition. We began to read a book called "Jotham's Journey." It is historical fiction, set around the time of Christ's birth. We will read a chapter each night leading up to Christmas Day. In conjunction with this, we have Advent candles this year to help remind us of the coming of Christ for us in the past, His future coming, and His presence with us in the present. There is a short family devotional at the end of each chapter, so I am hoping that this will be a sweet time of family worship that will help us keep our hearts more focused on Him this month!
(Jotham's Journey can be found here.)
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Alyssa's 13th Birthday! July 20, 2012
Alyssa turned 13 on Friday, July 20! We had a fun day celebrating her becoming a teenager!
First, we put a candle in her birthday pancakes and sang "Happy Birthday" first thing in the morning!
Next was a girls trip to the mall to get her ears pierced!
After she got her ears pierced, her sweet sister, Bethany, bought her some new earrings!
Daddy and the boys met us for a birthday lunch at Red Robin where Alyssa got her free birthday burger! Yum!
And of course, a free ice cream sundae!
In the evening, several friends came over for a birthday sleepover and "Molly Mystery Party!" We had fun with the 1940's theme.
I fixed grilled cheese and tomato soup (a typical 1940's dinner!) and splurged on Retro Coke bottles for the girls for our dinner!
After dinner, the girls played "Clue", a typical game enjoyed by children in the 1940's.
Then we played the Molly Mystery Party Game! Everyone was given a character to play, complete with scripts. I had hidden clues around the house to help them solve the mystery of missing Halloween candy!
Alyssa played the part of Molly, Bethany was her big sister, Jill, and Chad played the pesky 12-year old brother, Ricky!
Great fun was had by all! (I think!!)
After the mystery game, we had cake and ice cream! We had a beautiful little cake that looked like a present that we ordered from a local bakery. It was chocolate with chocolate mousse filling. Delicious!
Alyssa, once again, blew out all the candles with just a little puff!
Caleb enjoyed the cake, too!
After cake, it was time for presents!
After presents, the girls enjoyed snacks, and settled down to watch "Molly, An American Girl!"
The next morning, everyone enjoyed a typical 1940's breakfast of Cheerios, Corn Flakes, scrambled eggs, toast, and orange juice!
A fun, successful 13th birthday party!!
We enjoyed making several things for the party. We made our own water bottle labels for all the girls to take home. We used scrapbook paper and printed everything on it from the computer!
We also made snack jars with labels:
and treat bags for everyone to take home with typical 1940's candy to take home including M&M's, Jr. Mints (which we made individual bags and tags), and Tootsie Rolls!
I also made these cute little banners out of scrapbook paper and simply stuck them in the back of the basket with the plates, napkins, and scripts!
We had green polka dot balloons to decorate with, too. On Sunday morning, the 22nd, Alyssa wrote a message on one of the balloons in memory of her cousin, Jonathon, and we let one of the balloons go!
Caleb wanted to help let it go!
Happy Birthday, Alyssa!!
First, we put a candle in her birthday pancakes and sang "Happy Birthday" first thing in the morning!
Next was a girls trip to the mall to get her ears pierced!
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| The Birthday Girl with Pierced Ears! |
After she got her ears pierced, her sweet sister, Bethany, bought her some new earrings!
Daddy and the boys met us for a birthday lunch at Red Robin where Alyssa got her free birthday burger! Yum!
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| Sharing with Caleb! |
I fixed grilled cheese and tomato soup (a typical 1940's dinner!) and splurged on Retro Coke bottles for the girls for our dinner!
After dinner, the girls played "Clue", a typical game enjoyed by children in the 1940's.
Then we played the Molly Mystery Party Game! Everyone was given a character to play, complete with scripts. I had hidden clues around the house to help them solve the mystery of missing Halloween candy!
Alyssa played the part of Molly, Bethany was her big sister, Jill, and Chad played the pesky 12-year old brother, Ricky!
Great fun was had by all! (I think!!)
After the mystery game, we had cake and ice cream! We had a beautiful little cake that looked like a present that we ordered from a local bakery. It was chocolate with chocolate mousse filling. Delicious!
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| All the "Characters" in the Molly Mystery! |
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| The Cake! |
Alyssa, once again, blew out all the candles with just a little puff!
Caleb enjoyed the cake, too!
After cake, it was time for presents!
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| A LIME GREEN Bible cover from Aunt Anne! |
After presents, the girls enjoyed snacks, and settled down to watch "Molly, An American Girl!"
The next morning, everyone enjoyed a typical 1940's breakfast of Cheerios, Corn Flakes, scrambled eggs, toast, and orange juice!
A fun, successful 13th birthday party!!
We enjoyed making several things for the party. We made our own water bottle labels for all the girls to take home. We used scrapbook paper and printed everything on it from the computer!
We also made snack jars with labels:
and treat bags for everyone to take home with typical 1940's candy to take home including M&M's, Jr. Mints (which we made individual bags and tags), and Tootsie Rolls!
I also made these cute little banners out of scrapbook paper and simply stuck them in the back of the basket with the plates, napkins, and scripts!
We had green polka dot balloons to decorate with, too. On Sunday morning, the 22nd, Alyssa wrote a message on one of the balloons in memory of her cousin, Jonathon, and we let one of the balloons go!
Caleb wanted to help let it go!
Happy Birthday, Alyssa!!
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