A fun and encouraging story...

A friend of ours from church came over late this evening to drop off one of our vehicles.  He was working on it as a blessing to us. - Thank you, Tom! :)  Kiera was excited to see him, and went outside with us to talk for a minute.  She was admiring the stars, which she rarely sees because she's almost always in the house getting ready for bed when the stars are out.  He saw her looking up at the stars and commented on how pretty they were.  She said very thoughtfully, "You know, Tom, God made those stars!"  It was a very proud mommy moment.  It also encouraged me to keep up our lessons at home because it's keeping God on the forefront of her mind - and mine!

Creation Day 6 (Animals Only) ~ Genesis 1:24-25

Scripture Verses
Genesis 1:24-25
"And God said, 'Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind.'  And it was so.  God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.  And God saw that it was good."

Memory Verse
Genesis 1:1
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." 

Activity
Today we are going to make animals out of a little construction paper and toilet paper tubes.  The tube will serve as the body of the animal, while the construction paper will be made into legs, heads, ears, tails, etc.  The kids will be choosing what animals they make.

How It Went
The kids both really enjoyed making the animals.  Andrew and I made a horse.  We also made a turtle that he colored.  Kiera chose to make a giraffe, but then after making some stripes for it, she decided that it looked more like a log.  She liked that idea, so she kept it as a log!  :)  They also found a pom-pom monkey in the craft supply cabinet.  Kiera had made it long ago and forgotten about it.  They added it to our Creation Box and were happy about the look that he added. 

The brown "thing" in the upper right corner is a bird.  The yellow and brown in the bottom left corner is the log that Kiera made.  Andrew's horse was played with a little too much to before the picture and didn't quite make it...

Kiera and I need to work a lot harder on her memory verse.  I've been too busy trying to keep Andrew engaged, involved, and learning a key thought like "God made animals and God made Andrew."  I haven't been working with her on her memory verse nearly enough.