Now, even as a mom, I can admit the quirky attributes that my own child has- one being his rather large ears that stick out quite a bit from his bald head. :-)
One day, a few weeks back, I had a beanie on Josiah's head, but it had slid upwards causing his ears to stick out from underneath it. I laughed with my mom, musing that he looked much like an elf, when my mom suggested that we get Josiah an elf hat for Christmas. I loved the idea and ever since we have both been keeping our eyes out for such a thing... which doesn't seem to exist!
So, I made one! Oh, the things moms do to their children!!!
That night, I went to the church for the 4th night in a row. After recovering the wall in silver wrapping paper and the printed paper over it, we decided that the back of the printed paper should be black to further emphasize the contrast of colors and layers. So we redid the whole wall once more. Then, as I pulled away the paper, we discovered that the black background was TOO bold and caused your eye to only focus on it, which, in turn, made it look like a sun surrounding the cross. After going home angry yesterday, we arrived at the church tonight and my mom tweaked it. This is the final outcome:
I think it looks nice, but was too much work with very little to show for it.
I also mentioned the presents all of the way around the sanctuary in a previous post. Here's the final outcome:
And then, in the foyer, I painted on the glass and came up with this scene:
The words say, "The first time that you opened your eyes, did you realize that you would be my Savior? And the first breath that left your lips, did you know that it would change this world forever? I celebrate the day that you were born to die so that one day I might pray for you to save my life." (words from "I Celebrate the Day" by Relient K)
As we got ready for bed after an exhausting day, I heard Jesse through the nursery monitor reading to Josiah, a book called "Because God Gave You Me".
God truly did give him to us. Our little miracle!
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