We rowed Prayer for a Child by Rachel Field. It is a BEAUTIFUL book! The pictures are gorgeous and the prayer is so sweet.
Our companion books were from Chick-Fil-A about children from around the world.
We talked about our sweet baby girl, Mercy, from Naomi's Village. She is a year younger than Joshua. She started preschool in January just like him! We've set up a Skype call with her on February 14. We talked about the types of questions he could ask her. I explained that she lives in Kenya, very far away. Joshua keeps asking if she can come jump on his trampoline with him. I showed him a map and explained we'd have to get on an airplane and fly for two days to see Mercy, but in a four year old's mind, that's just no big deal.
We did a color-by-number sheet. He did better than I thought he could! Then he made a page of things he's thankful for... brothers, grandparents, dog, food, clothes, toys, church, etc.
We also made homemade bread. We talked about how important it is to be "exact..." not too much, and not too little. He also learned yeast can never touch water so we had to make a well. And of course, with everything going on, I forgot to add the salt! So... we had to start over... from scratch! But hey, it was a good learning experience... don't do what I did! It was fun and really yummy!
On Friday we went to the arboretum with our cousins. The weather was gorgeous, especially for January. The kids ran and played and found secret hideouts and had a blast! We are very blessed to live close to family and have such great relationships with all of our siblings. Kenny and I hope to instill that love for family in each of our children. I know it's not coincidence that they grow up wanting to live close by and hang out with each other.
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