For the next several days I will be posting about the World Congress of Families. This year it is being held in Sydney, Australia.  Remember how we helped to raise funds for Angela to attend? She is sending daily reports of the presentations, interviews she is able to have, and more. I am excited to share with you what she is experiencing. There are so many around the world - politicians, religious leaders, community organizers, trained professionals, and others - who are dedicated to defending the family. I will try to post each day's events in order so you are not reading them backwards as you scroll down. I have broken up Angela's summaries into several posts so it isn't overwhelming to see a HUGE post. Remember, if you have any questions you would like her to ask when she gives her interviews, leave them in the comments and I will pass them along to her.

An Easter Countdown: The Birth of Jesus Christ

Our activity for day one was very low-stress. Because we do so many crafts around Christmastime based on the Nativity etc, I decided to do an art study with the painting by Gerard Van Honthorst.

We talked about the painting, where your eyes are naturally drawn to because of the use of light, and the expressions on their faces. Then each child {well, the younger ones} tried their hand at drawing the painting. Here are their results:
Counterclockwise from upper left: Truffle (10), Fudge(8), Cookie(6)

top: Special Dark (4) notice baby Jesus's little feet sticking up from the manger, bottom: Brownie (12)

This activity goes along with day one of The Living Christ: An Easter Countdown.

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  1. Hey Cocoa I wanted to print out the extra reading but wasn't able to click on those links though they were highlighted. Am I doing something wrong?

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  2. Hmm...the links work on this end. They are set to open in a new window so don't right click on them as I have right clicking disabled on the blog.

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  3. We are so excited to start the Easter Countdown with our two children (4, 2). Obviously, we will have to modify some things but overall we are super excited.

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Put "eat chocolate" at the top of your list of things to do today. That way, at least you'll get one thing done. ☺ There, don't you feel better?

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