Love Listens: Sarah

Today I noticed this about Sarah:

• listens to the Holy Spirit speak to her conscience and obeys when convicted by telling the truth when she is trying to deceive me
• sing-songs her way through daily activities
• loves to show Mr WindowWasher her toys while he's washing the windows!
• LOVES Garfield comics!
• wants to correct Daniel when he is disobedient, she has a deep desire to please me (precious!) 

SNOW!

We drove home from our Tuesday parenting group in the SNOW! Sarah decided to make a snowman in the backyard.

Color Mixing

Sarah wanted to know if red (ketchup) and yellow (mustard) make orange. Somehow this turned out to be a crazy concoction rather than a color experiment because she added peanut butter and jelly, too! MORE LEARNING!

ms creativity

Over the past few days, Sarah has been creating faces from the Usborne Big Book of Playtime Activities. She does this during Bible reading and I think she had done a wonderful job using sticks to make puppets! She did her own puppet show for us earlier today.

cats kit

We have a terrific library system.

I've asked the kids a few times, "what do YOU want to learn about?"

Both are interested in CATS.

The library will put together KITS on pretty much any topic...and our CAT KIT is ready to pick up! I can't wait! They will LOVE it!

Update: 10/30/10-the cat kit is adorable, but really for kids under 5ish

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cardboard architect

Today I attended a seminar on Influential Parenting.

It is very obvious to me that the Lord guided me there because I heard a message that convicted my heart.  More on this later.

The seminar was on loving (the opposite of selfishness). In spiritual terms (isn't everything spiritual?), the physical man (flesh) is by nature sinfule and completely self-serving. The born-again, regenerated man (spirit) is sacrificial love/servant.  I am so convicted that I am constantly self-serving.

So when my children want to do something with me, I often turn them down since my flesh or self-centeredness usually wants to do something else.

But when Sarah told me she wanted me to help her with her "house" today, I could not turn away. I want to love her with all I am and with all He is.

We had a blast! She LOVES making things, constructing things, building things. She also loves playing with any sort of humanoid, doll, animal and orchestrating social vignettes. I love her so!