If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Proverbs has a lot to say about this subject as well...here's one little convicting gem:
Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife. ~Proverbs 25:24
The point is, we aren't making our homes pretty for our own prideful purposes...we are making them pleasant to bless our families. And yet, while it should be a priority to keep things in order, it cannot compare to talking to, instructing, playing with, and loving on your children. The laundry can wait; little hearts grow too fast.
So today, we had already planned to decorate gingerbread cookies with some friends. But I decided I wanted to do something special with my kids, just the three of us. So I decided to teach them to knead bread. :) I have a bread machine, and I confess I have used it almost exclusively when I make bread. After tonight, I don't know why! I mean, making bread by hand is a lot of work...don't get me wrong. And it takes more time, and more *of* your time. But oh my, it's fun! And therapeutic. And the girls? Had a BLAST. They love to help me in the kitchen :) so it was definitely a treat for them. They took turns stirring until it became too hard for them to stir, and then when stirring was pointless and it was time to knead, they both dug right in! Ginger got sick after awhile of having sticky fingers, but Sparrow stuck it through to the end. We made Tammy's Pumpkin Dinner Rolls. Yum!!!!!!!!!!!!! Easy and fun, and frugal too. Also, hey, it has pumpkin in it! LOL! I swear I make things without pumpkin in them. Nevermind that the gingerbread cookie recipe I made up last night also had pumpkin in it (the cookies were very good btw). I really don't just cook pumpkin dishes constantly! But we're having a special dinner tomorrow night so I figured it would be appropriate. :) Anyways, here are a few pictures of our efforts...
Our decorated cookies:
Sparrow and Ginger digging in initially:
Now we're kneading!
"ACK! Fix these fingers, mommy!"
5 comments:
I love what you did today :-) and i loved looking at your pics :-)
blessings..
It looks like so much fun!
Lylah: Thanks! Blessings to you as well :)
Amy: Oh it was, thank you :)
That looks like a lot of fun! My Abbie would love to make cookies like that. Maybe next week... :)
looks fun!!!
We try and do something like this EVERY sat night... it keeps us in and not out getting tired for church on sundays and the kids relaly look forward to it.. we do something that we wouldnt normally do even if its a food we wouldnt normally eat...
I also try and do somehting crafty and fun with my kids at least 3 times a week as , like you i believe that good is a clean fridge without childres art all over it :P
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