From Ariel to Aerial

 

Maddie is getting better with her aerial, and yes last night we watched Ariel in "The Little Mermaid."  So we're going from Ariel to aerial.  All that said, she did really well with this and is getting more consistent. The fact that Master Edge was holding the camera here made it even more satisfying for Maddie, who was happy to be successful in front of both her teachers.  She's getting more consistent with this and was training with Team Edge this morning in other areas as well.

Today was a day to really clean up a good bit.  Mom was working with Easter costuming and I was working on cleaning up and straightening a lot in the house.  I was walking in Namibia this morning again, and of course we were taking care of the birds and the sea monkeys.  There are a lot in that tank right now, a lot of young ones.  Hopefully they can survive to be big ones and start up the next generation. Maddie and I were playing some games today, some LEGO games in particular.  We got one on sale, a LEGO Marvel game that started downloading and will be available tomorrow.  But we were hanging around Tony Stark's Malibu home for a good bit, helping out Happy Hogan and his badges, defending Trevor Slatterly, and shooting bombs at Justin Hammer whenever we could.  

Tonight's feature movie was "The Prince of Egypt," which we chose because we're doing the "Exodus" series soon.  It's been a while since we've seen this one, but it's good, particularly that scene when the Israelites were crossing the Red Sea.

This scene is amazing to me, and it is just a thing of wonder to think about and how it all unfolded.  Can you imagine being those people at that time?  Scripture is clear that "the waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left." (Exodus 14:22 NIV)

This morning I was actually reading that portion of Exodus, and of course reading the commentary about the back and forth between the Red Sea and the Sea of Reeds.  Some people believe it was the Sea of Reeds that the Israelites passed through, this based on the Hebrew translation in this passage.  But given that the suggested Sea of Reeds is so incredibly shallow, I would think you have to go with the numerous bits of context - like the scripture above - which clearly show this is a pretty deep body of water.   Regardless of the actual location, it's an amazing  miracle, and the movie really portrayed it well.  We'll be watching "The Ten Commandments" soon enough, and we'll see it yet again.  We might even watch the Sight & Sound version too, just for fun.  "Exodus" will be a great series next weekend!

Tonight we read from our Kingdom Keepers book, and we said our prayers too.  I'm pretty tired though, just barely getting this all typed out so I can get some rest.  Tomorrow we have church in the morning, and maybe even "The Chosen" in the afternoon.   Got to get some rest!