i sorry mama

During Spring Break we were in charge of a play group cooking event in our church's kitchen. (See Spring Break post) It was pure craziness to be sure! When we were finished the minister's wife in me made sure the kitchen was pristine. (People can get all whipped up about things out of place in the church kitchen...if you know what I mean) We took out the trash, took home the dishtowels to wash, and did a wonderful job if I do say so myself. But it wouldn't be worthy of a blog post if that was the end of the story, right?

That next Wednesday we headed to church for dinner & Family Quest. As we were waiting in line I heard all the ladies on the cooking team a buzz with chatter and laughter. Then I saw them showing people a sign in the oven. Then I started to hear pieces of the story that was making them laugh. Someone had left a bunch of plastic lids in the convection oven...

I knew in my heart immediately that my son was the culprit. The picture of him stuffing things in the oven and pretending to cook during play group quickly flashed in my mind. Oh, no!! It was time to come clean. I confessed our sins and made Titus apologize tot he ladies who helped clean up the oven. He said to each one, "I sorry mama." Its one of my favorite phrases of his. He says it with a little southern drawl and its how he apologizes to most everyone. (He gets a lot of practice saying sorry to me apparently :)

In his defense this oven is right at his level and the doors open like a cupboard. Later that week he pointed at our oven and said "HOT!" Then he pointed at the cupboard next to it and said, "Hot mama?" I'm not sure he knew it was an oven......

Definitely ended up being one of the more memorable moments from Spring Break...I'm just thankful we didn't damage the oven or burn down the church.

Family Quest Top Ten

Family Quest is our Wednesday night program at our church. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Here are the top ten reasons I love Family Quest.

10. I don't have to cook on Wednesday nights. (shallow but true)

9.  I get to remember what its like to write a lesson plan. ( I serve on the team that writes our own curriculum- challenging & fun)

8. We get to know families in our church with similar aged children.

7. Opening- Mrs. Michelle is so creative and great with doing visual object lessons and music.

6. The Cooking & Craft Rotations (my favorites)

5. We share our highs and lows from the week as a family & pray together.

4. We can bring Grace's friend Ruthie so she learns about the Bible too.

3. We make new friends- like our adopted Grandma Mrs. Ardella.

2. We memorize Scripture.

1. We learn the truth of God's word as a family in a fun memorable way that is impacting my children.

Opening Time in our Children's Worship Room

Doing an activity as a family.

Each poster represents a Scripture passage the kids are challenged to learn and then they get to sign their name.

For this activity we were learning about The Last Supper. We reenacted Davinci's painting of the last supper and took a picture. (Our youth group came by to help out)

I'm so thankful for this ministry. It helps me to be intentional about making sure my kids are spending time learning and memorizing Scripture, serving others, praying, and associating church with a fun place to be.

Wacky Wednesday

Once a month Titus and I got to stay with Faith for a fun day of preschool activities. This was one of my favorites! We had wacky hairdos, wore wacky outfits, and did all sorts of wild & wacky activities. 

Karen's Wacky Living Room- Furniture backwards, lampshades upside down, misplaced objects, and wild escaped alphabet letters.

 Titus' Wacky Hair Do

 Faith playing with Oobleck (a funny solid & liquid at the same time)

 The wacky experiment. (an eruption with Mentos & Coke)

 Wacky Walk

Alphabet Letters Gone Wild

 What are those socks doing there??

 Painting with toothpicks & gummy worms.

 Eating Wacky Cake with weird utensils. (ice cream scoop, chopsticks, etc.)

 Reading the book that started it all....Dr Seus' Wacky Wednesday.

 Making "Flubber" I was so impressed how well my Miss Clean Hands did with these activities- she was all about it!

 Our Wacky outfits- we did wacky pigtails mismatching clothes & shoes and silly jewelry.

 Our friends Mrs. Brea and Colin came too.

 All wacked out- no pictures please mom!

It was a wild and wacky day with lots of fun. We are so grateful Mrs. Karen let us join in too!! (who doesn't love an excuse to wear their hair in pigtails again :)