Tea Time

We started another family tradition today. Today we had our first tea time. The boys were really excited about it, especially Beedle. Fridays after nap we will be having tea and a special treat. Today that meant chai latte and apple jack cookies. I am excited about starting our weekend a little early and treating ourselves. We are going to learn about the church during tea. It will be good for Dad and I to be reminded of the different traditions and customs that the church teaches. I was suppose to use our green napkins today but I have given them all away in one basket of goodies or another. The idea is to use napkins that correlate with the colors of the church so that the kids recognize the significance of the priests vestments. Hopefully before the year ends we will have some china cups and proper napkins. For today we used what we had on hand. Beedle was so excited about tea that he wanted to tell everyone about it. It is always great to see the kids excited about what we are doing.
Their sculpture this week was Acts 13:5-12: God sent dust down to blind the magician who was wooing the people. It was a good chance to reiterate the illusion of magic. Gus has been practicing some tricks that John Brown showed him. The kids were excited to get to sculpt a magician. I had to laugh when Gus told me that the stars were dust because he knows that it was "star dust" that God sent. Sculpting has definitely given me a clearer picture of their interpretations. It is a great visual of everything they know coming together with what they are trying to learn.