Palm Sunday 2013

Today is Palm Sunday, and probably the coldest Palm Sunday we've had in years.  It was a great service in the morning, but unfortunately, Madison couldn't be there.  She was still a bit under the weather, and so she and Mommy stayed home.  Mommy watched the service online, while Madison slept mostly.  Believe it or not, Madison actually slept until around 10:30 am this morning.  That's a good thing, as getting rest is good.  You can see her picture above - look closely at the eyes, and you can see them swollen.  It's almost like she's been having an allergic reaction.  By night's end, this swelling went down considerably.  We'll take things as they come tomorrow, in regards to seeing a doctor or going to school.  Odds are against her going to school, really.

Of course, the other thing you see in this photo are the palms, and the comic book Bible.  It's Palm Sunday, so per our usual tradition, Daddy ordered a whole bunch of palm leaves for all the children at the church.  We're talking over a thousand palms, plus the instructions we print out on how to make a palm cross.

When Daddy got home, he and Madison opened her comic book Bible to the story about Palm Sunday, so she could see what the day was all about.  Once finished with the reading, and the telling of the story, we sat down and made some palm crosses.  As you can see in the photo above, they didn't come out too shabby!

It was another bitterly cold day today, although by comparison it was nothing when you think of the temperatures further north of here.  Still, we stayed inside for the entire day, and mostly in the living room by the fireplace.  It's been such a blessing to have this fire burning, and in today's case, for most of the day.  The crackle of the fire, and the smell of burning wood - it's all very nice.