Volcanos

Easter Egg Hunters

Take Apart Day

Nathan and Bea have a daddy who shows them the joy of taking things apart. Today the projects were a walkman and a computer drive of some kind.

Washing Feet

After a fun morning outside in sandals, enjoying our crazy 80 degree weather, I noticed that Nathan and Bea's feet were quite dirty. We haven't had to wash feet before naps since last summer... and by the end of the summer I probably didn't bother. But the first days of sandaled dirt digging are a contrast to our socked, booted, covered up experience of winter and I felt the urge to wash feet. I was thinking about the best place to do this, when I realized that it was Maundy Thursday. Suddenly a regular kind of kid-cleaning took on a deeper meaning. I got to tell them the story of Jesus washing his friends' feet and we talked about caring for our friends and how God isn't afraid to see our stinky feet.

Dunes

The Wrapping Game

One of Nathan's new favorite games is to wrap something up and give it to Bea and squeal when she opens it. Another version is when he and Bea hide while I wrap 2 mystery items up and then they find them and open them. I am getting very skilled at re-using the same wrapping paper many many times!

Backyard Campfire