Walking on Egg Shells

It was another wonderful morning at KidPak, with a great worship set that got the kids really involved, and of course an awesome video and more.  Here below is a screen capture of the one video we did, where we animated Jamie Lynn and Ole.

You may recall that this alien has a history with us.  This alien LEGO went with us to LEGOland Florida, with the idea that Madison could trade the alien with one of the workers there, hopefully for something that she likes.  Like the pin trading, you can trade LEGO mini figures, so we gave her that one to trade off.  Only... despite all the people and mini figures she ran into, she  never wanted to trade this little green alien off.  So by day's end, she still had the alien with her, the two having had a big adventure at LEGOland.  We asked Madison what the alien's name was, and were expecting an alien name like "Quarg" or "Snarfblat."  But instead, Madison told us her name was Jamie Lynn.  This cracked us up, and that's been Jamie Lynn's name ever since.  She's on the cover of our booklets and our banners (alongside Ole and Lily), and we follow these three on an adventure in the devotional too.  Oh, and our regular races throughout the series are done with these three against each other, driving a jeep, an ice cream truck and an RV.  You never know who's going to win!

The skit was great too, really going well with our bottom line about not having fear.  Today's emphasis was on learning Psalm 23, and not being afraid.  One fun thing we did during the message was this:

Someone was standing on eggs.  Seriously, he was standing up on a dozen eggs with each foot.  The thing was a proper division of weight, which when equally divided up, the eggs could withstand the full weight of our guitarist, Ivan.  It's amazing that this actually works.  Imagine stepping on one egg, and the mess it makes.  Imagine stepping on two or three, and yes, surely they'll break.  But here he was, standing on twelve, and they weren't breaking.

Pretty nifty!  Or, as the Tick would say, "Neat!"  The idea is that sometimes it looks like you'll get crushed by something, but that doesn't necessarily mean it will happen.  We have protection.  Though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we will fear no evil, for He is with us.

We went to the library today, where Madison got a whole lot of new stuff, including graphic novels and a movie of the DC Super Hero Girls.  Her friends have been into these heroes lately, and of course this is the year of Wonder Woman.  And speaking of which, Madison had a $15 gift card to Toys R Us, something given to her for her birthday.  We found a Toys R Us at the Dawsonville Outlet Mall, and Madison got herself a Wonder Woman LEGO set, which combines the best of both worlds. We'll put that together, maybe Wednesday - it's a half day for Madison.  She can watch the movies we got from the library while putting that together.

It was a great day.  Madison and Mommy watched "The Game Plan" with Dr. Johan Gustavo (of Switzerland), and we did some studying, piano playing, and reading.  We finished "The Starry River of the Sky" tonight, as we went to bed early enough.  It was a good book, one that Madison really liked.  We'll be getting the other longer books by Grace Lin, as this one was superb.

But first, we go back to the Isle of the Lost.  For Daddy, it's a bit of research.  But it's also fun:  Mommy and Madison enjoy hearing those books too.  It's a guilty pleasure for us grown-ups too!