It was another fabulous morning, this one with a strong bottom line from the book of Romans. It was all about pride and humility, and not thinking too much of ourselves.
KidPak services have been so full, and so exciting to the kids - and grown-ups. They were even talking about us upstairs in the main sanctuary, and posting pictures. I'm not sure what pictures, but once again we're seeing all kinds of people saying nice things about our efforts with the kids. We had a great praise and worship set, and we also had the Gladiator Games this morning as well.
Chariots raced, along with other videos we shared about our bottom line. And then there was our skit, which also had our bottom line in it. You can see Madison on stage there towards the back, ready to trumpet, or at least ready to vuvuzela!
It was a full morning, a great morning. Madison raced out to hear the message from Tucker, who is one of our students and also a black belt in taekwondo at the same studio she learns. It was a great message, well done, and with good illustrations.
Surprising was a third grader who made me this huge card that was just wonderful. It's better than a major award on an awards show when you get something from the heart like this, from a kid, because it doesn't get any more real than that.
This student wrote all these super nice things about Daddy, and left him pretty much speechless! Which is a rare feet!
Anyway, afterwards, we were on our way to an event at the Northeast Georgia History Center right after church. First, we had to grab a bite to eat. We had a coupon for McDonald's, so we went over to the one on McEver. But it took forever, and there were still two people in front of us. SO... we tried the one on Browns Bridge Road there, and that worked out, although there were still people complaining about a missed order there too. It was a bad day for McDonald's, I think.
We found our way to the center after munching on some lunch, and walked into a really fun environment.
First, you can see all sorts of people dressed in period clothing from Ireland here. There were common citizens, but there were also some Irish Georgia citizens as well, including this one who was fighting during the battle for American Independence.
In our days, this was called the Revolutionary War. Dimetrodons were dinosaurs, Pluto was still a planet, and the Oxford comma was more of a question mark. But still, we learned a good bit this afternoon listening to a few brief speeches from folks dressed up in period clothing, talking about how the Irish citizens of America participated in the various wars, and why many of them were even immigrating to America in the first place. It has to do with the object the man above is holding: a potato. Evidently, this made up for about 80% of the lower class citizen's diet, because it was easy and quick to grow. When potato problems started happening, that's when it was time to leave... or starve. Speaking of which...
Madison met some of her friends from church here, and they were having the greatest time playing a role-playing game that had them trying to survive as citizens of Ireland in the 1800's. There were crops giving rewards, and taxes, and famines too. Either you survived, immigrated to America, or you starved.
Madison met up with us in the folk gallery with her two friends. She said she survived... but one of her friends starved! But they were having a good time - the game went on and on, and they were loving it. And after a bit, they all went back again, laughing the whole time. They were able to help each other with charity from time to time, but in the end, the years went by, and things came to an end. Madison did pretty well. And speaking of doing pretty well...
You can see her here dancing an Irish jig! Yes, an actual Irish jig. The lady there is the same one we've been meeting here, and for the first time back at the Wren's Nest, a part of Atlanta Historical Dance, a group that dresses in clothing from certain periods in time, and does the dances from that era. In this case, you can see her personally teaching Madison a few moves before the rest soon joined in.
This was a lot of fun! There was a stereo there to play music, but even greater, there were live musicians that joined in on the fun, a fiddler and a woman playing a dulcimer. There was a whole lot of laughter as the kids - and a few grown-ups - attempted to learn some of the choreography.
There were other things to do as well here, including some weaving lace and coloring in images of St. Patrick. There were discussions about the Civil War, and also a place to dress up in period clothing for a nice picture. Here's the image they gave us:
It was a fun afternoon! We stayed there for quite some time, and soon after dropped the other girls off (they stayed with us, and their mom went on elsewhere with the understanding that we'd drop them off at their house, which we did).
What a full day! We got home and it was later than it felt, which is something that always happens on this day after Daylight Saving Time. We managed to watch a movie together, "Wreck-it Ralph 2," and soon after that, it was time for stories, prayers and bedtime. Mommy and Daddy are coming down with a little something, so there was a bit of nighttime medication involved here - the kind that makes you sleepy. But that might not be completely necessary. That lost hour of sleep last night... I think we're about to find it!
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