Bible verses...

Something that is really important to us is teaching our kids Bible memory.  (Don't get any ideas now that I am great at memorizing...I am not!  I definitely do not prioritize this like I should.  Nathan does much better than me at this! ).  But anyway...

We want our kids to learn this, for sure.  So we have come up with a great way to do this that works really well for our family.  Every day at lunch and supper, we recite it with them (whatever portion they are working on at the time).  And sometimes we recite portions that they have done in the past, so they won't forget them.  So after a couple of weeks, they usually have it down pretty well.  Kaine usually memorizes it first, but Halle is really great at it, too!  And once they can say it to us by themselves with hardly any help, we reward them!  Nathan and I really get the good end of the deal, too...we practice Scripture memory every day with our kids, and then we get in on the reward, too!! 

First, we take them to one of our favorite places...

We love McDonald's!!  Especially in the winter...it is a great place (although very germ-infested, I'm sure) for them to play when it is too cold to play outside.  And for me...I love their french fries!!

So we take them to McDonald's and let them get a Happy Meal...

Although Layla and Daisy are too young to memorize, we bring them, too:)

Just a sidenote...last night when we were there, Daisy tried 2 new foods!  French fries and chocolate milk!!  Yes, I know this is terrible for her.  Poor fourth child:(  But don't worry too much...she only had 1 french fry and just a little bit of chocolate milk from the end of the straw.  She loved both of them, by the way.

The playplace is always fun for our kids, but last night there were a LOT of hyper, very LOUD kids there...so we didn't stay very long:)

Then, as the second part of their reward, we go to their new FAVORITE store...

We told them they could pick anything they wanted in the WHOLE STORE!  They were in awe!  It is so easy to please little kids:)  Someday they will realize that this only costs us $2!  (And don't worry...sometimes we let them get a nicer prize, but we can't do that too often!)

It was such a fun night!  I am so proud of Kaine and Halle...they really do a great job memorizing their verses.  If anyone is curious, a few of the ones that they have done in the past few months are:  Psalm 1, Psalm 100, Psalm 63:1-8, The Lord's Prayer, and the one they just accomplished...the Beatitudes.  Kaine also knows Matt. 7:24-27 and also Eph. 6:10-18.  Here I recorded Kaine doing the Beatitudes and Halle wanted to do the Lord's Prayer.  

Good job to Kaine and Halle!  We are so glad they are memorizing so that they have God's Word hidden in their hearts...that will be so valuable in the years to come.