7 November 2009
A Happy Saturday
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Today was a happy Saturday. We started our day earlier than most Saturdays and headed to church for Bible quizzing. Lukas is a "quizzer" this year. The Nazarene quizzing program is phenomenal. We are amazed at how much he is learning on their quest through the books of Joshua, Judges and Ruth this year. They're still studying Joshua at this point, and I am pretty sure he knows more than I do about that particular book of the Bible, though I have learned quite a bit through helping him to prepare for the quiz meet. I am the most proud of him for memorizing all 10 Bible verse/passages that he had to know for this event. He knew them all, hands-down! If I said the verse, he could tell me the reference. If I said the reference, he could tell me the verse. 10 Bible passages that he's learned over a little over 2 months was pretty good work in my opinion, especially considering that I have him learning different verses for school (I am considering changing that, but why fix something that isn't broken?)! I love the way this program is designed. It is obvious that this program is well established in the Nazarene church. Since we are relatively new to attending a Nazarene church, we were unfamiliar with their quizzing program until now. Lukas uses it as his morning devotions. He works through a little each day. I don't even have to remind him. He is enjoying it that much! They also use some great multi-media tools to help the kids learn and study during their weekly time together. Lukas comes home singing the Bible verses. As I mentioned in my last blog, he was singing them Elvis style last night. At any rate, I believe I have taken a tangent from my original purpose of writing, but now you know a little about the Nazarene quizzing program for kids. If you get a chance to try it with your child, I don't think you'll be disappointed! After we were done with quizzing for the day, we came home on this lovely fall day with several ideas of what we could get done. There's always something that needs to be accomplished. Unfortunately, I did not accomplish much. I can admit it. I chatted with a dear friend on Facebook, and that was worth my time. I cut the rest of the sage from my herb garden, tied it into bunches and hung it to dry in the kitchen(technically, Eric hung it for me because I couldn't reach). I started planning the rest of this month's school work. That's it. That's all I accomplished. It was a relaxed Saturday afternoon, the kind of afternoon that comes our way not nearly often enough. Eric and the kids were a little more productive. They raked the leaves. The kids and the neighbor kids were all buried in the leaves at one point, jumping into the pile and over the pile. With two maples in our back yard and two more hanging over our yard from the neighbor's back yard, there were plenty of leaves to rake into a giant pile. Eric was also buried in the leaves. He's such a cool dad that way. Some years, I get into the leaves too, but I didn't dare with the way my allergies have been lately. It turns out that I might as well have taken the plunge. Just being outdoors taking pictures of them playing while leaf dust floated in the air and picking the sage bundles has left me with a massive allergy headache. I am not complaining though because it was worth the time outdoors on this lovely autumn day! Since it was so beautiful, Eric made dinner on the grill, which was a treat since I didn't have to cook. BBQ ribs, baked potatoes (on the grill, so they were technically grilled potatoes) and peas. I bought one of those steamer bags of veggies that goes into the microwave. I didn't even realize I had bought it until Eric asked if that was okay to use for dinner (when he is cooking, I am pretty lenient. Whatever he wants to cook is fine with me!). It worked pretty well and made for simple cooking for Eric! Can you imagine a better way to spend your Saturday? Maybe this isn't your ideal, but it was a great day for us. Of course, I have all kinds of favorite ways to spend a Saturday. This is just one of them. The only downside is that I still have quite a lengthy to-do list. I did one load of laundry instead of 5 as I had planned, and school is not planned for the rest of the month. I'll get to it. It'll all get done. Monday is just around the corner. :) |
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