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🐸10 Plagues🐸 Moses went to Pharoah, and asked that he let the Israelites go. Pharoah refused, so God sent plagues upon Egypt: -Water Turned to Blood -Frogs -Gnats -Flies -The Death of Livestock -Boils -Hail -Locust -Darkness -And Finally, the death of every first born son who was not stoned for with the blood of a lamb. We made a discovery bin of the 10 plagues. You can catch the details up in my stories👆. God had a plan. He had lead his people to Egypt, and would deliver them from the oppression of slavery. In the same way, God would one day deliver the whole world from the oppression of sin. The blood of a lamb was used to atone for the first born child. In the same way Christ, the lamb of God, would atone for the world. There is so much depth and hope in this story, it continually leaves me amazed. ❤As we go about our days, let's remember the hope we have in Christ. We no longer bear the weight of our failures. We are delivered.

🌍World Love Wednesday: Fika🌍 Fika is a Swedish word that literally translates: coffee. However, culturally fika is so much more than coffee. It's a ritual. A break in the day to slow down, relax, and enjoy a cup of coffee in the company of friends. Take a fika with your little ones this after noon. Pour yourself a cup of coffee (or tea if you prefer). Dish out some cookies, and just enjoy some time being together. Then take a minute to pray for the country of Sweden. 🥐Earlier this week we enjoyed fika as we munched on kringla, a Swedish pastry that is sooooo tasty. You can check out my stories to see what other Swedish foods we sampled 👆. ☕How do you drink your coffee? I prefer mine black.

🔥The Burning Bush🔥 When God spoke to Moses for the first time, it was through a bush that was on fire, but was not consumed (Exodus 3). To explore this story we did some "fire" painting. . ✔I mixed up some edible finger paints (rice cereal and food coloring) ✔let the girls go wild. ✔Vale does not enjoy being messy at all, so I provided her with a brush and a napkin to clean her hands (extending that play time 🙌). . ❤In this narrative God reveals his plan to deliver the Israelites out of Egypt. And Moses had so many questions (like most of us probably would). But God, in his grace, answers every single one. And this is where we God's name reavealed as YHWH, or "I AM," sometimes transliterated as "Jehovah." In his commentary, David Guzik describes this as both an announcement and an invitation. It says that God is sovereign, dependent on nothing and outside of time. But also "invites any interested to know Him by experience, to taste and see that the Lord is good." That we may see Jehovah-jireh, my provider. Jehovah-rapha, my healer. He is all we need. . ❤What is it that you need today? Is it healing of the flu bug in your home? Or many a spiritual healing from hurtful words spoken years ago, but still haunt you? Do you need forgiveness for that mom friend that recently shamed you? Or maybe forgiveness for yourself for when your parenting wasn't so gentle this week? Let the Lord meet you there, friend. He is the God who sees, he cares, and he will fulfill that need.

👶🏻A Baby in a Basket👶🏻 Today we are learning about Baby Moses and how he floated on the water in a basket. ❤To explore this story, we played with the words float and sink. . . ✔We filled our sink full of water ✔Gathered objects to test ✔Made our guesses whether they would sink or float ✔And tested our theories. . I love this story because it is full of strong female characters. Shifra and Puah chose to disobey the Pharoah and saved a whole generation of baby boys. Jochebed chose to keep her child safe by hiding him. Miriam, was just a little girl, but cared for her brother. And the Egyptian princess disobeyed her father and saved the baby she found in the river. If these women had chosen to live in fear, and listen to Pharaoh our story would have ended in Egypt. However, they chose another way, which lead to the Salvation of an entire nation. These women were game-changers. And the same is true for us.When we choose to do what is right, regardless of our leaders. When we love our neighbors well, even those who look different than us. And in the way we love our children. . . ❤How might the simple things you do today have an eternal impact?

🥦Little Joe🥕 We're ending the week with some Veggie Tales, and I made this veggie tray to snack on while we watch (anything to get my toddler to eat a few more green things). Today we're watching "The Ballad of Little Joe" (which is in Spanish on YouTube 🙌). Depending on how today goes, this may become a double feature with the sequel, "Mo' and the Big Exit," (also available in Spanish on YouTube 🙌🙌). 🥦How does your little one feel about vegetables? Vale and Naomi love broccoli, peas, and rice cauliflower...and that's about it.

🌽Grain Bin🌽 Continuing through the story of Joseph, today we read about when Joseph was reunited with his brothers. Joseph had been put in a place of power in Egypt when famine hit the land. Because of Joseph's ability to interpret dreams, Egypt was the only place with food stored away. This eventually lead to Joseph being reunited with his family. . 📖 You can read the whole story in Genesis 40-47. We read the abridged version in our Storybook Bible. . 🌽After reading, we broke out a grain sensory bin. We used popcorn kernels, because that's what we had on hand. However rice, oatmeal, or even old cereal would work. I included a small bag, a cup (like the cup Joseph hid in Benjamin's bag), and a scoop. . . ❤What's in your sensory bin today?

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