Project Completed!

I'm super excited!

I have sadly taken a short break from writing little stories to having to work. I know... work... BOO! But is it really work if you're enjoying it? In this case, yes it is! I've worked for over a month on this project of mine. Here's the scoop!

So, about a month-ish ago, I was approached about coming up with crafts for the preschool age group. My church is putting on a Positive Parenting class thing for parents who may be searching for a better way to parent. Now I'm not sure that this is what it's really about or even the reasoning behind it. I'm also not sure that I even have the name right. I've been so focused on so many different areas in my life, but mainly BUYING A NEW HOUSE! If you have been reading my blog for the short while it's been alive and kicking, you'd know that Buying a House is a crazy and draining process, especially if the first house you invest in falls through.

Anyways, back to my project. I'm against babysitting. If I'm going to be watching someone else's kid so that they can have the freedom to be invested in, I want the kid to also be invested in. I know that a lot of kids don't think like adults, but I imagine that if they did, they would really not enjoy being thought of as an "After Thought." This means that even though my church is doing a thing for the parents, I want to be very intentional about the kids' time too.

A few times a month, I teach a preschool class at church. We have such great fun with different crafts and learning new things about the Bible. I wanted to take that same excitement (which is why I was approached in the first place) and apply it on a larger scale. At last count, we have 12-13 kids who will be attending IN OUR AGE GROUP of 4-7 year olds. I'm super excited about the possibilities. The first night of this event will be taking place in a school, whereas the second night is in a church.

So for what feels like many months (though it's only been a few weeks), I've been agonizing over what to do. I've been even second-guessing myself, thinking that maybe I should just go back and say that I just can't do this. The theme for the kids at first was Family. Have you ever searched online for family crafts? They basically center around crafts to do as a family or around the family tree. Not super helpful. I then had the brilliant idea of concentrating on the word "LOVE." Thanks to Valentine's Day, Love crafts are readily available. I put them all together and modified some crafts to be family related. The idea is that "We Love Our Families!"

You can check out my hard work at this website: http://adventureclub427.blogspot.com/

I feel like I'm finally proud of the kids portion of the event and even happier that I can say that I have finished my part! Hopefully things will go exceptionally well!