A Mom's Prayer

     Being a mom is not at all easy but it is the most challenging & rewarding task I have ever had. It has brought out the best & the worst (really!!!)  in me which made me realize that everyday, in everything, I have to live in complete (absolute!!!) dependence on God. My kids know that I love them but I want it to be more than knowing - I want them to feel my love & communicate it in a way they understand. Like when I say I love them but can't even give them my undivided attention. :-(  I multitask a lot (like all moms) but because of this, my relationship and time with my kids suffer.
     I pray that everyday, I  would be able to really love them the way God wants me to, that I may speak their language and by His grace, fill their tank to the brim that they would overflow with love for one another, for us & for others.  I pray that through my example, they would understand that God is forgiving, compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love.  I pray that someday, when they are already grown-ups, they would look back with fond memories of a happy home.
     Thank God His mercies are new every morning.  Every morning is God's gift to me, a chance to start over.  Jesus, please mold me to be the mom you want me to be, the mom my kids deserve.

credits: Verena Karolyi's Great Love kit  from GDS. Layout for the Supreme Team Contest Round 3

Debra Anderson's Black Balloon kit from GDS: Layout for the Supreme Team Contest Round 2

Astronomy Lapbooks

We are presently studying Fulbright's 'Exploring Creation with Astronomy'.

As we study Astronomy, I was able to appreciate more the wonderful creation of God and I am amazed that He chose to fill Earth with His glory! (Isaiah 6:3) This shows me how great is God's love for us... for me ... and this moves me to respond to His love, to repent, to pursue intimacy with Him and I pray that I would be able to glorify Him in everything ... with all my being. (quiet time thoughts - 5/3/12)

Make your own Mercury

I got most templates (and ideas)  for our lapbooks from the following websites.
1. in the hands of a child.com
2. enchantedlearning.com
3. www.homeschoolshare.com
4. www.bbc.co.uk
5. squidoo
6. amazing-space.stsci.edu
7. National Geographic
8.Planet riddles from  superteacherworksheet.com - Riel also made his own riddles
9. Magic School Bus 'Lost in the Solar System' - video and book

Cover of Aethan's Planet Lapbook

Inside the Lapbook

Riel's Planet Lapbook cover

Inside the Lapbook

Mercury and Venus

Earth and Mars

Jupiter

Cover of Riel and Aethan's Moon Lapbook

Inside the moon lapbook

cover our Comet Lapbook

Inside the comet lapbook

Cover of Sun Lapbook

The Planets in relation to the Sun

Inside the Sun Lapbook