Wow, can you believe that I'm actually here!? I sometimes have moments of blog inspiration, but obviously it hasn't made it from my head to the keys in a loooooonnnnng time!
The only thing I really wanted to talk about today was humility and change. We all change don't we? Well, hopefully we do. We learn, grow, and change. I think as Christians having a humble heart is hugely important.
Ok, so remember my Halloween post from years ago? Prime example of my husband and I learning, growing, and changing. Last year our Halloween looked very different from our previous stance on the subject. However, I still have no idea if we closer to being "right". I'll tell you what we did anyways.
The weather was unusually warm last year which opened up more options for us. Matthew and I had been praying about what to do the weeks leading up to the event. We weren't totally settled with hiding out. We explained to our children the origins of Halloween. We also reminded them of the first and greatest commandment. SOoooo, we set up a hot chocolate stand, bought some fun stickers (with bible verses on them, ha ha) and a bunch of candy. The worst part for me was thinking about the garbage, it makes me a little sick actually. We had just moved into a new house last year and it was wonderful to meet a bunch of our neighbours and give them treats. Our kids had so much fun playing outside and meeting people. They didn't ask to dress up (although they love dressing up throughout the year). They of course asked for candy.
Now it's that time of year again and K asked me yesterday. Mom, have you been praying about what to do for Halloween? Wow, I love that girl! What a great question. It's not about me trying to figure out whats best. Just be spirit led!
Other things I'd like to blog about:
Homeschooling in a small space. I've been googling it for ideas and these people are like "boo hoo, all 5 of us live in 1500 sq ft". I wouldn't be able to blog anything helpful in that area. So far our homeschool year has not felt organized at all. We keep going and somehow are getting somewhere.
Peter. Have I even blogged since he was born!? He's so amazing and I just can't imagine life without him. Now that we know him and love him how could we ever not want him. It makes me think about other potential children in our life and how could we possibly deny them life and deny the pleasure of us knowing them. And yet, my selfishness prevails and the timeline in my head seems better than what God would possibly give us. Ugghhh, so stupid.
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We are not doing Halloween again this year. But you know where we live and how much simpler it is here. Of course we will give candy to any kid that comes to the door. But what we will be doing this year is celebrating the day if the dead. In Latin America families go to the graveyard to clean and tidy their loved ones graves on nov 1st. We will be heading to the cemetary where we plan to bury Eva and cleaning up the graves of other children. Also playing and having a picnic, weather permitting. said picnic will include candy so my kids will get their candy fix too. Want to join us?
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