Yep. I’m still talking about it and haven’t done it yet, but NEXT week I am going to start with the whole memorize and teach scripture to my kids resolution for 2013.
I was wondering if you want to join me? I am going to get some chalkboard paint this weekend and find a good spot to paint that is visible and accessible to my kids. That way we can all see the verse we’re memorizing every time we see it and it will remind me to continue saying it to them out loud throughout the week.
I’ve been wanting to paint our super old fridge with chalkboard paint for a while now like this one from The Handmade Home.
Isn’t that cute? But that would mean I would need to get permission from the Mr. to paint our kitchen cabinets to balance out all that blackness on the fridge.
I’m wearin’ him down, girls. I think he’s about to cave!
In the meantime, back to memorizing scripture. I am thinking about these two places in the pic below. Under the counter or, like I said, the fridge.
So, yeah. I will just write out the verse we’re memorizing weekly and this can also serve as a fun place for the kids to draw with and eat chalk.
So, if you’re in, be thinking about a good place for you to paint a bit of chalkboard paint in your house to help in the memorizing scripture challenge. You can always paint over it when you have the whole Bible memorized. But you will probably be dead before that happens, so don’t worry too much about that.
Are you so encouraged, yet?
In other news, Daddy is takin’ up hockey again, so we all went to his first game the other night.
Jada’s got the cheer hands/jazz hands down. (Is it called jazz hands in cheerleading, Toni? My friend Toni was a pro cheerleader. I’ll find out what the correct cheer hand term is from her).
And JimJim got his skates, helmet and stick and was hopin’ to get out there on the ice with the big boys.
But, he ended up just playin’ a pick up game with his imaginary teammates on the sidelines.
Let me know if you’re joinin’ me in the Bible verse chalkboard paint challenge and where you will be painting your section of chalkboard paint, and if you’re husband hates me because of it!
And in the next couple of weeks I’m looking forward to starting some more room reno projects again!
Have a great weekend, all!
I’ve had memorizing scriptures on my mind for the last few weeks. I’m going to do it too this year, and I too would love to involve my kids!
Erica, Thanks for your comment! So glad you are planning to memorize too. My little ones are sponges right now so it makes sense for them to be reciting scripture instead of kids books! I just have to stay disciplined about it throughout the week. Best thing we can be doing for our kids at their young ages I think. Not to mention for us too!
Haha maybe spirit fingers but I’m not sure!
We are in on memorizing scripture! We actually have an extra white board laying around so I just need to pick up some markers. Braden would enjoy it! He is a sponge right now… I about fell over when he sang his ABCs for me the other night. What? I didn’t know you knew that!!
Have a good weekend!
Yay! Thanks for commenting and DUH spirit fingers! I forgot about that! There’s a whole movie about it and it was probably the last one I saw so wow. Wish I would have thought about that. Thanks for letting us all know! And I know. JimJim is such a sponge too. I remember when he did his ABC’s too! Its so funny because you don’t think they are listening and then BAM they just surprise you like that. Careful what Bible verses you teach them though. I taught JimJim, “You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.” And now if I say, “No, honey, I can’t go outside to ride bikes with you it’s too cold.” He says, “Yes you CAN mommy! Through Christ who strengthens you!”
Aaaaand put in my place.
You’re right JimJim. I guess we can.
Hm. Bible verses may just be the thing to get my husband to LET me do chalkboard paint! I saw on pintrest that you can find/make chalkboard paint that isn’t even black. But I kinda like the black. Now you got me trippin. Unless you are planning to change the cabinet look soon, I would go with the wall first. You can always do the fridge later. And it’s perfect since you don’t have carpet under there. Well. Glad I solved that for you. Carry on. Now when are you going to do a post on keeping your toddler in his toddler bed at night? Because this is the over whelming issue in my life these days, and aside from tying him to the bed, I am out of legal ideas. Is your little guys in a toddler bed yet?
Sorry I turned this in to an advice column. But I gave you some advice, so its all even.
Sierra
Lol. And it takes a lot for me to lol. So thanks for that. Love the advice. Done. The wall it is, one less thing for me to figure out so thanks so much! And yes, I’ve seen chalk paint in lots of colors. My friend knows how to make your own. I think it’s just regular paint mixed with plaster of paris. I would double check on that before you use that recipe though.
And yes! I hope all the moms weigh on in your question. As for JimJim he is a big rule follower so ha has only gotten out once and I think he fell out and it freaked him out so he didn’t try that again. So maybe push your kid off the bed? I kid I kid. Granted we have a twin bed that he is in pushed up against the wall with a ton of pillows on one side to stop him from falling out, but the bed is so high it’s like a scary 4 foot drop, so I would just put your boys bed on stilts. Wow. I’m so helpful!
So, no Jimmy doesn’t get out at will, but he screams and cries for “Momma!” Until he falls asleep so that’s pretty comforting for me to hear. If it ain’t one thing its another right?
We are workin’ on goin #2 in the pot over here now, got #1 down but any advice on #2?
Yeah, I am not a big user of the LOL, so if yours is genuine, then I recieve it with grace. I am laughing about pushing the kid out of bed and stilts. Yeah, Gabriel (will be 3 in April) cries, “momma momma, I miss you. I need my mom!!!!!!” Really? I have been at your side ALL DAY LONG. We both need a break kid.
As for the poop inquire: Okay, ready for this?
My first son, was a pro at pooping in the potty, and I give all the credit to, drum roll please, The Poop Candle. My kid loved candles. Loved the birthday song. Put it all together, and you get the poop candle. Every time he pooped, we lit the special candle, sang happy birthday, and he got to blow it out. That was it.
Now as far as my #2 (kid that is, not poop), he is my responsible child, that likes to take care of his own biznass and he tells me when and goes in the toilet. And then asks for “schmarshmellows and chockwitt”. If he goes pee, only schmarshmellows.
So there it is. Maybe we should start a mother’s advice column together. Many children would grow up better people with our tactics of getting pushed out of bed and playing with fire with every successful deucer.
Moms out there need our mothering skillz.
Haha! Agreed. Advice column it is. Those are all great ideas and I will have to see if JimJim loves fire as much as your little tot. That’s awesome. MANY would benefit from our great ideas. I don’t want to keep all of this to myself anymore. If a pyro base jumper is what you want your kid to be? Just talk to us.