Since I am never quite certain what each weekend will bring and this year is Matthew's GOLDEN birthday, AND his presents had all come in the mail this week, we decided he should open them up and we would have an early celebration of his special day right here at The Beach House.
There were no surprises here because we had ordered these LEGOS on line a few weeks ago ...
But still … Matthew was quite excited to open them up anyway!
I love these pictures of Matthew!
Matthew was worried about ordering LEGO Friends because they were originally made for girls, so that girls could have cool LEGOs too; but I think it is just fine that Matthew ordered these. All of the children (Emma, Chris and Matthew) have been building a city in their playroom in the basement at their house, and Matthew felt this would be a nice addition to it.
Several months ago when I had asked Matthew what he especially wanted for his GOLDEN birthday, he told me he wanted his very own Bible--NOT a children's edition--but a REAL Bible. I checked out many Bibles, but came back to this NIV Adventure Bible because it is laid out so nicely for kids Matthew's age. I was able to get his name engraved on it too. He was very pleased.
The children started building the sets right away. Matthew was very gracious and allowed everyone to play and build ...
I baked Matthew's favorite double-chocolate brownies, plopped some candles on top, and voila'!
We sang HAPPY BIRTHDAY and then Matthew made his wishes ...
Way to go, Matthew!
Saturday morning, after a less than good-night's rest (due to all three children having nasty coughs and colds), we had our Bible lesson about Isaac and Rebekah. I was able to purchase some watercolor paint sets for each of the kiddos, which made their art time more interesting this week.
They did such a nice job painting the story … and it is such a beautiful story of God's faithfulness.
I really enjoyed watching the kids paint these illustrations. We learned all about Eliezar, Abraham's servant, and his faithfulness to Abraham and to God. We heard about how God led Eliezar all the way to Abraham's family to find a wife for Isaac, how Eliezar's faith in God sustained him, how Rebekah's faith enabled her to make the long journey to an unknown country to join Isaac. We have been studying these stories of faith and praying that God would give us eyes and hearts of faith to follow Him wherever He would lead us!
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