Posted in Teachers Corner

I was so unbelievably proud and excited for my little girl today.

This morning, in reading Genesis where God asks Abraham to offer Isaac as a sacrifice, she caught on to the typology! Seems like such a ridiculous thing, but I believe it shows that she's understanding the link between the OT and the NT, prophecy, and the theme of the Bible in general. I watched her eyes light up when she made the connection between Isaac and Jesus, Abraham and God the Father, Mount Moriah and its later name -- Golgotha, the three day journey home that doesn't mention Isaac, the missing lamb sacrifice that Isaac was to replace, and the substitutionary ram in his place. I know I've said it before, but this is why I homeschool!

The other event of the day was venturing out for a bike ride (yes, it was over my temperature threshold of 50 degrees, so I agreed that I was going to die of hypothermia). She was terrified to ride a bike two years ago, then interested and slowly progressing last year until I broke my ankle in May, and now finally excited. So we loaded up the gear and headed for the old airport roads a couple of miles away. The excitement turned to frustration and crying, though, but mostly because she's more of a drama queen and less of the tough girl than she thinks. But by the end of the trip, she was riding for 80 to 100 feet at a stretch, and starting and stopping on her own. Hooray! Maybe now we can all start losing some weight...

Oh, and I have to mention that we were out there before the public school kids were released from their institutions, and that we nearly got stopped in a school zone on the way home. Fortunately the officer knew we were pulling out in the middle of the zone, couldn't see the sign, and didn't see any kids yet, so we didn't know. He reminded us with a gesture as we went by, without stopping us. I guess that's one drawback to homeschooling -- we don't know when the others are going to and from school. But I'll take that anyday!