If you are like me than you are always searching for an avenue to teach your children about Jesus. I wanted to share with all moms the best resources I have found to add Jesus to your Halloween/Fall Traditions. The following websites have some really great ways to use a pumpkin to illustrate, tell a story, and share a special devotion with young children and older children. I hope these websites will help you teach your children.
http://www.dltk-bible.com/how_a_christian_is_like_a_pumpki.htm
http://www.beau.org/~vickir/halloween/
http://www.christiancrafters.com/craft_pumpkin.html
My favorite book for fall to teach children is
The Pumpkin Patch Parable By Liz Curtis Higgs
I purchased mine from Amazon.com but several local bookstores either carry during the fall season or can order it for you. Retail Price for the Book is $6.99 but I found mine on sale!
Enjoy the opportunity to teach and share Jesus with your children on this fun night!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Katie's 9 Month Check up
Katie went to the doctor last Wednesday for a check up. She is growing and developing right on track. She is about 20 pounds and measures 29 inches. She is the 70th percentile for weight and the 90th percentile for height.
She can sit, stand without holding on, walk around furniture, crawl, clap, wave bye bye, says dada and sometimes will say bubba. I have started giving her little bits of table food like pinched off pieces of bread, gerber cereal puffs, and a little banana. She is still on homemade baby food primarily.
She did cut her first tooth on Friday and on Sunday she cut her second tooth. Teething for her has not been that bad. She has only cried once or twice in what I consider to be the painful cry so I guess we are pretty lucky with this with Katie.
I will be taking her in the next week or two for her nine month portraits and will update the pictures on the site soon.
Check back soon for more pictures!
She can sit, stand without holding on, walk around furniture, crawl, clap, wave bye bye, says dada and sometimes will say bubba. I have started giving her little bits of table food like pinched off pieces of bread, gerber cereal puffs, and a little banana. She is still on homemade baby food primarily.
She did cut her first tooth on Friday and on Sunday she cut her second tooth. Teething for her has not been that bad. She has only cried once or twice in what I consider to be the painful cry so I guess we are pretty lucky with this with Katie.
I will be taking her in the next week or two for her nine month portraits and will update the pictures on the site soon.
Check back soon for more pictures!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
October Rambling...
Can you believe it is October already?
We are quite busy this month. We are going to be attending a Pumpkin patch with the Potato group this weekend and letting the kids pick out their pumpkins. I know that they will be very excited. We are going to Bottomview Farms in Portland, TN. We went last year and really enjoyed it.
The kids all have their Halloween costumes. It was such a hard decision this year for Logan. He really could not decide what to be but finally decided on Spiderman. The twins are going to be Superman and Katie will be a Dalmatian puppy (how cute is that?) We will be attending our church's light up the night event followed with trick or treating in mom's neighborhood.
I have been working really hard on trying to find ways to live frugally, frugal Christmas ideas, working on what recipes I will be trying for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and finishing up my Fall To Do List. I have decided to make 16-18 different desserts for our family Thanksgiving celebration. I did have thirty but thought I would spare everyone gaining 10 pounds at Thanksgiving. So just go ahead and give me a Betty Crocker crown (and the money that goes along with that name would be fine as well!)
Mace and I are finishing up the new plans for the house addition which will hopefully get started in the late spring of next year bearing that we do not have any other set backs or changes in our household!
The kids are doing just fine and growing like little weeds. Katie has her nine month check up at the end of the month. Can you believe it...nine months????
Mace is loving his new job at the VA Department.
I have been busy busy with daycare, house work, chores, and the many extra projects that I have going on right now. We have been paying close attention to all the presidential debates and presidential election coverage. I urge everyone to please pray about this upcoming election and the "new" president whomever that may be. This country needs a strong leader, a Christian leader, and a wise leader.
It had been a while since my last post and I wanted to update everyone on the happenings in the Salinas Home. I will update the blog again soon with pictures from Logan's 5th birthday and the Pumpkin Patch event. Take care and enjoy the nice Fall weather!
We are quite busy this month. We are going to be attending a Pumpkin patch with the Potato group this weekend and letting the kids pick out their pumpkins. I know that they will be very excited. We are going to Bottomview Farms in Portland, TN. We went last year and really enjoyed it.
The kids all have their Halloween costumes. It was such a hard decision this year for Logan. He really could not decide what to be but finally decided on Spiderman. The twins are going to be Superman and Katie will be a Dalmatian puppy (how cute is that?) We will be attending our church's light up the night event followed with trick or treating in mom's neighborhood.
I have been working really hard on trying to find ways to live frugally, frugal Christmas ideas, working on what recipes I will be trying for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and finishing up my Fall To Do List. I have decided to make 16-18 different desserts for our family Thanksgiving celebration. I did have thirty but thought I would spare everyone gaining 10 pounds at Thanksgiving. So just go ahead and give me a Betty Crocker crown (and the money that goes along with that name would be fine as well!)
Mace and I are finishing up the new plans for the house addition which will hopefully get started in the late spring of next year bearing that we do not have any other set backs or changes in our household!
The kids are doing just fine and growing like little weeds. Katie has her nine month check up at the end of the month. Can you believe it...nine months????
Mace is loving his new job at the VA Department.
I have been busy busy with daycare, house work, chores, and the many extra projects that I have going on right now. We have been paying close attention to all the presidential debates and presidential election coverage. I urge everyone to please pray about this upcoming election and the "new" president whomever that may be. This country needs a strong leader, a Christian leader, and a wise leader.
It had been a while since my last post and I wanted to update everyone on the happenings in the Salinas Home. I will update the blog again soon with pictures from Logan's 5th birthday and the Pumpkin Patch event. Take care and enjoy the nice Fall weather!
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