God made ME! And God made....Colors!

Didn't God make our world so vibrant!! 

This month we are learned 

and God made COLORS!

We read our Noah and The Ark book to learn about how God sent us a COLORFUL rainbow as a promise to us.

(Now K think she sees a rainbow every time we go outside..so cute!)

 

Learning about COLORS gave us lots of time to learn about the story of Noah and God's COLORFUL creation.

We matched fruit loops to colors of the rainbow . 

 

We printed out a color book to learn how COLORFUL God's creation is. 

 

We colored sugar with food coloring and made COLORFUL cookies

 

We had a fun COLORFUL rainbow snack. 

We learned about Joseph and coat of many COLORS!

 

We played lots of COLOR matching games

 

 

We drank COLORFUL milk (just added drops of food coloring) and used to the milk to paint our toast fun COLORS

Thank you Lord for making your CREATION so COLORFUL

This Little Princess...

Is Going To Be a BIG SISTER!!!!

We had so much fun telling all our family that Kailtyn is going to be a Big Sister and Baby Bledsoe will make his/her arrival in November!

Here we are telling Grammy & Grandad Bledsoe

And here is Kailtyn (it's early in the morning-sorry I have on no make-up) on her way to

Grandma & Papa Harper's House with the BIG news.

Keep us in your prayers for a healthy baby!

Friends!

Just a couple more pictures from our fun time in Vegas with the Stewarts!

What are the chances?? It's NCAA madness!!

So remember when I posted about Chris and Kaitlyn picking her bracket here. Well, what are the chances that she would pick the 2 final teams. Yep, that's right. Kaitlyn's bracket has Duke playing Butler.

Read Daddy's comments to all his friends about it below.

I think I’ve told most of you about Kaitlyn’s NCAA bracket, but for those who don’t know here’s a brief overview.

I wanted to have my 2-year old daughter fill out a bracket this year just to see how it would turn out.  So how did we do this?  I printed off the logos of all 64 teams and Kaitlyn picked her favorite in each matchup until the entire bracket was filled out 

The only assistance I gave was this:

·         All 1, 2, and 3 seeds automatically won the first round.  This turned out to be a mistake since Georgetown was upset by Ohio in round 1.

·         All 1 seeds automatically won the second round.  This again turned out to be a mistake since Kansas went down to N. Iowa in round 2.

·         Past that, the picks were all hers based on conversations like this: “Kaitlyn, do you like the Badger (Wisconsin) or the Wildcat (Kentucky)? Ok, Badger it is.”


Now that the tournament is nearing its end, I thought it would be fun to share her bracket with you guys—see attachment.  As you may guess, I wouldn’t be showing this off if there wasn’t something just absolutely amazing—like the fact that she picked a Butler/Duke matchup in the final game.  Although her other two final four teams (Houston and Wisconsin) didn’t play out as well, it’s still hilarious to show that a 2-year old has as good of a chance to pick this bracket as any of us sports junkies.

Unfortunately I did not enter her bracket in my office pool—otherwise she would be the winner of a $500 prize right now.  The winner was a good friend and co-worker of mine so I’m going to try and guilt him into splitting the winnings with Kaitlyn’s college fund.  Here’s to March Madness and all the exciting games.

Final notes:

·         You will notice some scribbles on the bracket below the championship game.  This is Kaitlyn’s signature validating this bracket.

·         She picked Texas to lose in the first round—she makes me so proud in moments like this.

·         Kaitlyn picked my beloved Aggies to go out in the second round to Purdue.  Even though this was a correct pick, it taught me a lesson—don’t use the word “choo-choo-train” to describe an opponent of the Aggies to a 2-year old.


Chris Bledsoe

Easter 2010

April Scripture

This month we are going to be learning the scripture Genesis 1:1

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth."

Here is a fun printable http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/Joyful_Heart_Tune_-_Genesis_1_1.PDF

Happy April!

Reflection: Words of Isaiah

A couple of weeks ago I started my journey through Beth Moore's Breaking Free bible study. What perfect timing to be reminded of the prophet Isaiah's prophecy of the cross. I can think of no better words to penetrate our hearts for Easter.

"See, my servant will prosper; he will be highly exalted. Many were amazed when they saw him beaten and bloodied, so disfigured one would scarcely know he was a person. And he will again startle many nations. Kings will stand speechless in his presence. For they will see what they had not previously been told about; they will understand what they had not heard about.


Who has believed our message? To whom will the Lord reveal his saving power? My servant grew up in the Lord's presence like a tender green shoot, sprouting from a root in dry and sterile ground. There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract us to him. He was despised and rejected a man of sorrows, acquainted with bitterest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way when he went by. He was despised, and we did not care.

Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God for his own sins! But he was wounded and crushed for our sins. He was beaten that we might have peace. He was whipped, and we were healed! All of us have strayed away like sheep. We have left God's paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the guilt and sins of us all. He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led as a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth. From prison and trial they led him away to his death. But who among the people realized that he was dying for their sins that he was suffering their punishment? He had done no wrong, and he never deceived anyone. But he was buried like a criminal; he was put in a rich man's grave.

But it was the Lord's good plan to crush him and fill him with grief. Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he will have a multitude of children, many heirs. He will enjoy a long life, and the Lord's plan will prosper in his hands. When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish, he will be satisfied. And because of what he has experienced, my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins. I will give him the honors of one who is mighty and great, because he exposed himself to death. He was counted among those who were sinners. He bore the sins of many and interceded for sinners." Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12 (NLT)

God Made ME! And God Made Jesus!

With Easter approaching we learned

and God Made Jesus!!

He is not here. He has risen, just as He said.  Matthew 28:6

We learned about the pain, love, and hope found in our loving Savior in the jelly bean prayer

 The poem reads:

Red is for the blood He gave.

Green is for the grass He made.

Yellow is for the sun so bright.

Orange is for the edge of night.

Black is for the sins we made. 

White is for the grace He gave.

Purple is for His hour of sorrow.

Pink is for a new tomorrow.

And handful of jelly beans,

Colorful and sweet,

Is a prayer, a promise,

A loved one’s treat!

Happy Resurrection Sunday!

We watched our new Easter movie and read our new book

We used ribbon to lace  He Is Risen!,

We did an online coloring of The Empty Tomb (who knew !!!)
We learned about Resurrection Eggs and used this fun printable

We also learned lots about eggs, bunny rabbits, and everything else fun for this season.
We colored with chalk in the shape of eggs

We made a bunny out of paper plates,  planted Zinna's in our egg pot, had a bunny snack and even and made an Easter Bunny with our footprint

I would encourage you to watch this video link as we approach this
season of remembrance of all He has done for our ultimate joy in Him. 
  Do you know Him?

My Sweet Baby K