living in the word

my bible study was working through psalm 119 and were having conversation about living in the word all day long and how we have lost so much by not having loads of the bible memorized because it is so readily available. so i created a reminder list on my phone to put scriptures that speak to me and have them pop up periodically through my day and through my month. it has been going really well too. my list is just growing too fast!

another friend puts the verse she is working on as her lock screen to see it on a regular basis.

every little bit helps. love.

starting the day in the Word

maddux went to get his bible during breakfast this morning. oh my heart. love.

the best reading material

madelyn has an active imagination and sometimes that makes it difficult for her to fall asleep. we have worked with her on praying her fears away at night for a few years but now that she reads so well we have been encouraging her to read her bible at night for comfort. i found her like this when i woke her up for school this morning.

an even better perk? she shares the scriptures that meant the most to her and has even started to keep a notebook where she writes them down to use in the future. we love seeing her heart for God and seeking her comfort from Him. love.

bible lovin' boy

manning has a favorite book (well he has a handful that he goes to first, but this one shows up most often lately), this story book bible. he carries it around with him, including to bed, and will sit and listen to the entire thing (none of the other kids would because it has many more words than pictures).  he was 'reading' it out loud today so i snapped a few pictures (yes, it just occurred to me that a video would have been better). love.

blizzard bag #3

yep. another snow day, but this was the first one actually caused by just snow! i think we got 5 inches or so but it was coming down fairly heavy in the morning and it would not have been safe to try and get the buses out. so madelyn got to do the activities for "blizzard bag #3".  they changed a lot of the activities and it now included assignments for art, music and gym. madelyn only needed to do the music assignment, but she insisted on doing the art one too. today's felt much more like a school day worth of work.

the math assignment was to "practice for 15 minutes".  madelyn got her "doubles" flashcards and used cheerios to teach her brothers how to add. they didn't want to stop when the timer i had set for 15 minutes went off - so they didn't.

next, she had to measure two family members' hands and answer some questions.

the social studies assignment was more difficult for me - i had to remember what it was like when i was in 1st grade! i have lots of memories from elementary school, but i was having trouble being certain which ones were from 1st grade.

and then it was more writing - "write a letter to your mom and dad to convince them to go somewhere. be sure to list good reasons for them to take you there."

madelyn was loosing steam by this point. i think it has more to do with her brothers playing without her that it has to do with the actual work. so we switched to science where she had to just explain liquids and solids. next she just had to read me a book and talk about the problem and solution in the story. she read "prairie day" by laura ingalls wilder.

last it was time for her to complete a "music" assignment. reading over the options, i was a little worried about how madelyn was really going to be able to complete one of these.  i don't think she knows a single recording artist by name, let alone the name of any songs (this is mostly intentional on our part). but when she read over the choices, she said that it was easy and quickly wrote out her answers.  my heart melted when i read her beautiful words. this one is going in her 'baby' box.

a friend challenged me with my own 'blizzard bag' assignment based on a good morning girls application i had from today's reading (philippians 4:8) - the things my mind should focus on written on a card to help me refocus on a day i am in a "funk".

today was a very productive snow day!  love.