Palm Sunday 2012

It's Palm Sunday again, as you can see by the palms Madison has made in the photo above. She had a long day at church this morning, actually getting up earlier than I believe she's ever gotten up before. That's because Mommy had to do so much with costumes at the children's ministry and for the illustrated sermon in the main sanctuary. Big day! But it's been good - later on - explaining the meaning behind Palm Sunday. To help illustrate this, she even colored in this worksheet below, which I think she did a great job with!

Today's service went off without a hitch - we had an audience of over 10,000, and that was just in the church alone. Beyond that was live streaming, where people from around the world saw us recreate the Last Supper Painting once more. It started pretty early for Daddy, who got to the church at 5:30 am. He and the other apostles were there for costuming, thanks to Mommy, and make-up, thanks to another woman that Daddy asked to be involved. Lots of work went into the day. Lots of work.

Which explains the completely worn out feeling we all have right now. We took a huge nap this afternoon, and then watched a movie together. Daddy is so pleased to see Madison carrying around a Bible, and carrying it around with a great deal of pride. It has pictures in it, and she wants Daddy to read the stories to her - which I'm happy to do. Obviously the story of Palm Sunday is there, and others too. It's been good watching her listen intently, and answering her questions. Daddy is very proud, but also currently a bit tired. Time to settle in for the night, content in the knowledge that we had a great day today!