Lesson 25

It is the end of the week here at our little school. :) We may decide to do a lesson tomorrow since daddy has to work. But my guess is that we will just hang out, sew a costume, and go with Brina and the Mikey baby to the stores. :) My boys love their Mikey baby! :)

Hightlights of the day:
Remy was too tired for school....

Eli started studying his 4th spelling list of the year:
fry
frost
free
tree
treat
trust
brush
brave
cross
creek
dry
drop
dress
press
print
prize
grass
grape
from
of
He had a little trouble with the ea in treat. He wanted to put two ee's and the words dress and press he wanted to only put one s at the end. So, we will go over this list a few times before the test.

Today we worked on root words and adding a suffix. He really thinks it is neat to make a new word like that. :)

He read a really cute poem on his first day of abeka science.
Each little flower that opens,
Each little bird that sings,
God made their glowing colors,
He made their tiny wings.

He gave us eyes to see them,
And lips that we might tell
The goodness of the Father,
Who doeth all things well.

The cold winds in the winter,
The pleasant summer sun,
The ripe fruits in the garden,
He made them every one.

Yes, all things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
And all things wise and wonderful,
the Lord God made them all.
-Cecil Frances Alexander

It was such a sweet start to his favorite subject. :) We talked about how God made so many things in this world that we could never learn about them all. But we can try! :) Eli's favorite fact of the day was that at about twenty years of age we have done all of our growing. We talked about why it is so important to give our bodies what they need in those crucial 20 years. I really enjoy these neat and deep conversations we have, my sweet boy and I! To think that I could be sending him to school and NOT have these moments is enough to make me tear up! I love these moments!

The bible verse we used in Science today was:
Psalm 139:14
"I will praise Thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made."

Doesn't that just say it all? I mean we really could leave it at that and think on those words from our precious book for years and never tire of it. We are fearfully and wonderfully made! We are perfect in our Father's eyes! And we should praise him for our existence! I wish every child in the world could be told that they are fearfully and wonderfully made! I wish every child could know that kind of love! How different our world would be if every child grew up with the knowledge that the creator not only loves them...that he adores them and he put so much into their making. *sigh* I am so blessed to pass that on to my children. They will know! :) Amen!