It seems he needed an audience last night so he pulled some toys from the girls room. But shhhh don't tell the girls he came in there...Sophee cried the other night that she was scared he would come in, so I told them he never came into children's bedrooms.
Since two Anna's and an Elsa were in the room, of course he played "Let It Go."
The letter to the girls was sitting on the piano. Sophee is the official reader and she read it out loud to use. Here is the insert on the challenge and verse from the letter:
"Both of you girls have school today, so your challenge involves your classmates. I want to encourage you girls to allow your classmates to go before you. Whether its being ahead of you in line, or allowing them to go first in an activity. The bible says in Galatians 5:13-14 "It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don’t use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that’s how freedom grows. For everything we know about God’s Word is summed up in a single sentence: Love others as you love yourself." The world says "its all about me, I'm first." The bible says "its not about me, it's about others." This may seems like a small thing, but allowing others to go before you can show the love of Christ. Being last in this situation is a good thing, not a bad thing. "
Sophee seem to get it...Olivia was confused on why anyone would want to be last. I had to explain it to her a few times, but she did finally get it. Sophee had more opportunities to do this challenge, but Olivia did an awesome job as well. I know Sophee is really enjoying these acts of kindness (and her conscious is working over time...every day its like we have confession hour.) Olivia is doing well at understanding what it means to put others first.
Day three of the Advent Calendar was Luke 1:36-40
And behold, even your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age; and she who was called barren is now in her sixth month. For nothing will be impossible with God.” And Mary said, “Behold, the bondslave of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
I love hearing parts of the Christmas story each morning. I'm doing a little devotion over Christmas by Greg Laurie on my Bible app. Yes I love the decorations and smells of Christmas and it puts me in the mood...but nothing more so than the story of my Savior's birth.
I hope you and your family are finding true joy during this season!
Ok I have to be honest...I can't stand bananas. I promise I have tried to eat them but I just don't like them! But what I do love...is the smell of banana bread baking in my oven. Yes I'm weird...I know...and I own it :-)
But my family loves it so I bake it quite a bit. So here is a yummy recipe for you to try out (or place an order for through Bread of Life Cupcakes and more) to have for yourself, your family, or friends. Enjoy!
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar, white
3 eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 2/3 cup all purpose flour, sifted
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup mashed bananas
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup pecans, chopped (optional)
Whip together butter and sugar until creamy. Add eggs one at a time.Then add vanilla and mix well.
In a separate bowl, sift together flour, soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well. Add banana, sour cream and nuts. Mix until combined.
Bake in a pre-heated 350 degree oven for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Cool in the pan on a wired rack.
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