Kaitlyn Turns 6!!

My little KK turned 6 years old this week!

I loved spending the entire week going through our Blessing Book and celebrating Kaitlyn's birthday by remembering the gift from God she is. 

To learn more about this, or to purchase one of your own visit http://www.thebirthdayblessing.bigcartel.com/

We celebrated our 6 year old first at school with a birthday lunch and cupcakes for her class.

Later that night, we celebrated with family over pizza and more cupcakes!

Kailtyn got another charm from Daddy to add to her bracelet. I love that he gives her a charm every year just from him and that this is their special thing.

Kaitlyn's gift from me was a book of all the scriptures we learned for Letters A-Z and these awesome flash cards I purchased from "Its the Word".  

 

The owner Holly was a jewel to work with and personalized the scriptures just for us. If you are working with your little one on the A-Z scriptures be sure and get these here

We woke up Saturday (actual birthday day) and made green bean casseroles for a Thanksgiving feast Church Under the Bridge had for the hungry and homeless.

Last year we passed out water bottles at the mall, and this year we made food for some hungry friends..I'm loving the theme of serving others on my KK's birthday-I think this is a tradition we will keep.

Later that afternoon, Kaitlyn celebrated with her three besties.

 

 We wrapped up the evening with a surprise sleepover with cousin Jaymi.

 

  Kaitlyn got the rainbow loom for her birthday and Jaymi was so sweet to teach Kailyn a few tricks. As the night went on, Midland turned arctic and we could hear sleet outside. It was best Jaymi snuggle with us for the night and I think Kaitlyn squilled with glee at the idea of a sleepover! 

What an absolute joy you are to our family Kaitlyn!

Hiding His Word Tips

Wowza!! Loving all of the comments and questions that have come in this week about how I taught Kaitlyn a scripture for every letter of the alphabet. My inspiration came from these sources.

I can teach my child

Impress your kids

We also searched youtube or godtube for any of these scriptures to song. Putting a scripture to song or making up motions to go with the words were the easiest scriptures for Kailtyn to memorize. Here are  a few sources.

The Rizers 

 

Songs for Saplings 

Seeds family worship

I have also listed out all of the scriptures Kailtyn and I learned together in one spot...use these as inspiration and find scriptures that will really speak life into the little heart or hearts in your care. Can't wait to hear how God blesses your family through the mediation of His word!

Here is a link to all my posts related to ABC Scriptures : 

http://sommer-mypreciousfamily.blogspot.com/search/label/Learning%20Letters

A-Ask and it will be given to you (Matthew 7:7)

B-Be thankful in all things (1 Thessalonians 5:18) 

C-A cheerful heart is good medicine (Proverbs 17:22) 

D-Do not be afraid (Isaiah 43:5) 

E-Everything that has breath praise the Lord (Psalm 150:6) 

F-For God so loved the world, He gave Jesus (John 3:16)

G-Give Freely (Deuteronomy 15:10) 

H-Honor your mom and dad (Exodus 20:12) 

I- I can do all thing through Jesus (Philippians 4:13)

J- The joy of the Lord is my strength (Nehemiah 8:10)

K-A kind word cheers up (Proverbs 12:25)

L-Let my light shine for all men (Matthew 5:16)

M-My God is mighty to save (Zephaniah 3:17)

N-Nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1:37)

O-Obey your parents in all things for this pleases the Lord (Colossians 3:20)

P-Put on the full armor of God so you can stand against the devil (Ephesians 6:11)

Q-Quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger (James 1:19)

R-Refresh others and be refreshed (Prov 11:25)

S-Serve one another in love (Galatians 5:13)

T-Trust in the Lord with all your heart (Prov 3:5-6)

U-Under the shadow of your wings I will hide (Psalm 17:8)

V-I am the vine you are the branches (John 15:5) 

W-Wait on the Lord, be strong-let your heart take courage (Psalm 27:14) 

X-Xamine me Oh Lord, test my mind and my heart (Ps 26:2)

Y-You are the light of the world (Matthew 5:14)

Z-Zephaniah 3:17 You will take delight in me, calm my fears, and rejoice over me with singing!

And if your little one is too young to memorize, check out the God Made Me! days I started doing with Kaitlyn when she was 2.

GOD MADE ME!

Learning the Letter X and Y and Z!!!!!

We are on the countdown to Kinder and down to 3 more letters!!

Letter X had taught us to Xamine.
(I know..I know..if you are a teacher I am in trouble!) 

We learned what the scripture means to ask God to search our hearts and get rid of things that are not pleasing to him. 

We also did a fun Xylophone craft

Letter Y was so so special for me to teach Kaitlyn. 

 

We gear up for Kindergarten in public school in 4 days. I really feel God's tug to be "Lights" for Him in our school.
This video just melts...my...heart


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLEyWeemoFY&sns=em


I know you have heard me mention the book Going Public and how 3 years before school was even apart of my vocabulary, God began to press in..and speak to my heart about what His plans were for our little family. 

 

There is no doubt my Little Miss and our presence in our neighborhood school will be for His Glory. 

We gear up to start Kinder tomorrow as we wrap up our last scripture. 

Letter Z has us in Zephaniah. We learned the first part of this scripture with Letter M and now learn the rest of Zephaniah 3:17....

"He will take delight in me, calm my fears, and rejoice over me with singing"

 

You are ready Little Miss.... mommy has tried to imprint these truths upon your heart...to talk about them in the everyday rhythms of life..to live out out Deuteronomy 6:7. 

I can't wait to see what God has in store for you Kinder Kaitlyn

Learning Letter W...

We had way too much fun learning letter W. 

So much that this Mama almost did not want to move on to the next letter!

Kaitlyn and I started talking about the World. Still, such a hard concept to a little one. 

 Our sweet friends the Elders http://theelderadventurers.com/have opened Kaitlyn's eyes to ALL the little children of the world and swayed most of her decision when we decided to sponsor a child that lived on the opposite side of the World from us through Compassion International.

Kaitlyn picked a little girl from Africa who is 5 years old named Karidia.

We cant wait to send our sweet Karidia letters and learn more about her and her family.

 The Elders also helped us learn about another letter W word..Water.

 

Stephen Elder used his birthday to raise awareness about the lack of Water in other countries. Kailtlyn had a lemonade stand to contribute to the cause and made $18.41 to go towards little ones just like her having access to clean water.

Read more about this cause here http://theelderadventurers.com/2013/08/anybody-story-18-stephen-elder-my-hubby/

 We also talked about other Letter W words.. like...the Weather

And our Letter W scripture...to WAIT on the Lord.

Such another hard concept of a little one...who I am kidding...mommy needed to memorize this scripture the most. Letter X & Y you are up next!