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4 days till our little man's birthday
4 days till he turns the big 4!

The past 4 years with our little guy have brought oh so much fun!
This week our blog will flashback to his birthday celebrations
And today we will start with ONE!

 

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Gigglebox

Baby girl has got quite the personality. Chilled and laid back one moment and then makes sure you know she is around the next. Love her!! Lately, (ever since her tubes) she has been SO LOUD! And just recently she thinks it is quite funny. We present to you, our gigglebox!

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In the Garden

As I was researching the activities I wanted to do with the kids this year to prepare our hearts for Easter I came across one that penetrated my heart and I knew was a must. I found the idea of an Easter Garden on many blogs but one particular blogger's writings made me really think as I prepared our activity.

She wrote "I never realized the importance of gardens in the Bible until recently. The first man. The first woman. The first sin. The fall of man...Our need for a Savior started in a garden.

Our Savior spent many hours in prayer to the Father...in a garden."

We read from the Bible the story of creation, the fall of man in the garden, Jesus crying out to His father in the garden,  to His arrest in the garden. And then we created our own.

One of the best memorires of the garden was as we shopped and prepared to make it, our 3 year old shared about Jesus. And this made the activity even more meaningful. He got it! While we were checking out at Home Depot, he loudly whispered but in a shy voice, "Mommy, tell her what we are making." I then replied "Why don't you tell her buddy?" as I looked at the smiling clerk. He then excitedly started to share, "We are making a little garden that will have a tomb. Because Jesus died on the cross for our sins. But then wasn't dead anymore. He's alive now." The clerk began to tear up and said, "You are right sweetheart. He's in Heaven waiting for us." To which Zachary smiled and said, "Hey, she knows!" 

The garden still sits in our living room and is a constant reminder of Christ's love for us!

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New Life

Every Saturday in the month of March, our family did an activity that pointed us to focus on the meaning of Easter, our need for a Savior. The kids loved doing an experiment, making things, going places and hearing the story of Easter spread out over the weeks. On one particular Saturday, "Aunt Sarah" (my bestie) wanted to know if we wanted to tag along and help care for some baby chicks that they were chick-sitting. I knew the kids would LOVE this and we were so excited to tag along.

The owners of the chicks were away and Sarah's family went over daily to change their water and feed them. To say the kids were apprehensive at first was an understatement. They loved watching the sweet chicks but were not so sure about holding them.

So they started off by filling up the water bucket...

Aunt Sarah helped Zachary with trying to scoop up a chick but...

when that little bird started flapping, so did he!

Sarah's oldest, Wubs (Emma Grace) had NO FEAR! She L.O.V.E.S animals and was all about holding them and trying to get Katelyn to do the same. She was such an incredible little teacher and encourager and walked Katelyn through each step on how to hold them and not to be afraid.

And she finally braved up to being able to do it!

To tie our "field trip" back into our Saturday activity adventures we talked about how Spring means "new life." We discussed the birth of life in Spring, the newness of flowers and animals. And then we talked about how we are made a new creation in Christ. Jesus came to die to give us new life!

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!"

2 Corinthians 5:17

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