We're Reading: The Garden, the Curtain, and the Cross

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We're Reading: The Garden, the Curtain, and the Cross

This might be the book that is the most fun to read to my kids.

It’s beautiful, for starters. I was immediately drawn to ALL the color, and the bright, childlike illustrations that truly jump off the front cover.

I eventually read the title to figure out what I was holding in my hands with such colorful excitement, but y'all, I just could. not. wait. to flip through the pages!

Every illustration on every page was created with the eyes of a young listener in mind, but also deeply intentional, describing the intended scene through details, lines, colors, and the void of color. You will know the intention of this book even before you read the words!

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We're Reading: Halfway Herbert

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We're Reading: Halfway Herbert

Do you ever read a book to your kids and think it may have actually been written specifically with you in mind?

That's exactly how I feel when I read Halfway Herbert, by Francis Chan. 

WAIT! Francis Chan?? Children's books???

YEP! Three of them! I didn't know either... until the day they showed up at the front door via hubby's amazing library building skills!

I have a lot to say about each of them, but this one... it's my favorite!

And Herbert... Oh, I love Herbert!

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We're Singing: Seeds Family Worship

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We're Singing: Seeds Family Worship

My Mercy is a songbird. She loves music and she LOVES to sing. She sings about activities she's doing, she sings herself to sleep at night, she sings to her dolls and toys... and let's not forget her daily Frozen and Moana performances!

It always amazes me how she remembers words of songs she hasn't heard in months... but then again, I know in a heartbeat I could sing every word of "I Will Always Love You" or "Hero." No doubt, no matter how many months or years have passed. 

There is just something about music that clicks in our brains and memory.

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