Cookie Baking Night 11/19/18

Tonight was Cookie Baking Night. In attendance this evening: Carissa, Allison, Rylar, and Enzo. 

With Thanksgiving rapidly approaching, tonight we made turkey cookies. It's a lot of candy, a lot of frosting, and a lot of fun!

Uncle Greg enjoys a good decorated cookie so he stuck around to join in the fun. 

The finished products

Trust me, he was having a good time. Really.

Tonight we finished learning about the book of Numbers. We read Numbers 22:1-35. We read about Balaam and his donkey and recognized that we were all made to listen to, obey, and enjoy God and when we don't do it, God will use the rest of his creation (land, animals, stars, moon, sunsets, sunrises) to do it for Him, and they happily do so. 

The kids (young and old alike) were captivated by this true biblical account. There was complete silence when I got to verses 28-34. They were captivated by what they heard (as I am, every time). 

Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?” And Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have made a fool of me. I wish I had a sword in my hand, for then I would kill you.” And the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long to this day? Is it my habit to treat you this way?” And he said, “No.” Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, with his drawn sword in his hand. And he bowed down and fell on his face. And the angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you because your way is perverse before me. The donkey saw me and turned aside before me these three times. If she had not turned aside from me, surely just now I would have killed you and let her live.” Then Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, “I have sinned, for I did not know that you stood in the road against me. Now therefore, if it is evil in your sight, I will turn back.”

I'm amazed every time I read this account at how long it took Balaam to figure out he was having a conversation with a donkey. It's testimony to me to just how real the situation was.

So, far we've learned about the first four books of the Old Testament (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers), and through it we're starting to piece together the character and nature of our Great God.

Another Cookie Baking Night has come and gone, another turkey cookie successfully completed AND, as usual, a fun time was had by all.

Cookie Baking Night 11/05/2018

Tonight was Cookie Baking Night. In attendance this evening: Ethan, Carissa, Allison, Rylar, and Enzo. The whole gang was here tonight.

After the evening was over, I realized I didn't take many pictures tonight. We were busy hanging out together instead.  We made apple crisp, started learning about the book of Numbers in the Bible, and ended the evening with a lively game of Pit. 

As usual, a fun time was had by all. 

Cookie Baking Night 10/22/2018

Tonight was Cookie Baking Night. In attendance this evening: Allison, Rylar, and Enzo. Special guest this evening: Uncle Greg. (This is the first time he's been able to join us at Cookie Baking Night since early July. Oh, how we missed him so).

Tonight we made pumpkin patch brownies. It's one of our Cookie Baking Night traditions and a crowd favorite.

Warm days and sunlight after 5:00 will not be around much longer, so after supper we took our last walk of the season to the local gas station for a treat. 

After the walk, we started in on decorating our "pumpkin patch brownies"

Tonight we continued learning about the book of Leviticus in the Bible. Our memory verse for Leviticus is: "I am the LORD, who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore, be holy, because I am holy." Leviticus 1l:45

We ended the evening playing with some toys and hanging out with Uncle Greg. 

Enzo spent most of his time "fixing a wire" under this chair. Eventually, he said, "Hey, Uncle Greg, do you want to be a wire guy?" To which Greg replied, "Sure". (I have no idea what that means, but I found it amusing). 

As usual, a fun time was had by all. 

Cookie Baking Night 10/08/2018

Tonight was Cookie Baking Night. In attendance this evening: Allison, Rylar, and Enzo.

Tonight we did one of our favorite October Cookie Baking Night activities.

We frosted pumpkin bars

and decorated them with candy pumpkins

The finished product was very exciting. 

We continued on our journey through the Bible, one book at a time. Tonight we started talking about the third book in the Old Testament, the book of Leviticus. 

Our first challenge was learning how to say it. It's a tricky one to pronounce. 

We learned that the book of Leviticus is where God gave his people, the Israelites, many laws and rules to set them apart from the people around them and to remind others that there is only one true God, and He is holy. 

Our Bible verse from Leviticus is from chapter 11, verse 45

" I am the LORD, who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God,

 therefore be holy because I am holy."

Another cookie baking night has come and gone and, as usual, a fun time was had by all. 

Cookie Baking Night 09/24/2018

Tonight was Cookie Baking Night: In attendance this evening: Allison, Rylar, and Enzo.
Tonight was Aunt Katrina's birthday choice. For supper she chose tacos in a bag and for her cookie: Seven Layer Bars and Raspberry Oatmeal Bars (two of her favorites).

We continued learning about the second book of the Bible, Exodus. Our Bible verse for Exodus is found in chapter 2 verse 25. 

"God saw the people of Isreal--and God knew". 

Tonight we learned about how God delivered the people of Isreal out of the land of Egypt to bring them to a land of their own. 

Cookie Baking Night 08/27/18

Tonight was Cookie Baking Night. In attendance this evening: Allison, Enzo, and Rylar. And a special guest appearance by Carissa. (We didn't think Carissa was going to make it tonight because she had an open house for school, but she finished a little early and asked her mom to bring her because it was Allison's birthday choice--Allison was thrilled to say the least). Allison turned 8 years old last week.

For Allison's birthday choice she opted to make "dirt cups". 

I think gummy worms is the highlight of this dish for the kids. 

At the end of the night, we walked up to the local gas station for an ice cream treat. 

As usual, a fun time was had by all.