So many choices

Yesterday during school we were discussing Lent (naturally). I decided to see if the boys could come up with their own sacrifice that they could do daily, instead of something that we chose for them. Several ideas were kicked around, they considered some of their favorite foods that they would refrain from (cucumbers were discussed, but Snookie was quick to shut that conversation down... there was no way he was going 40 days without his beloved cucumbers), some of their belongings were thrown into the mix, but ultimately they decided to add something to their routine instead of take away.



I was pretty impressed with what they came up with. They each want to draw a picture daily (during school time) of something that happened during Christ's life. The reason I really like this particular idea is because it is just another way to make the life of Christ more tangible to them (that and they came up with it on their own, then all decided that they wanted to do it). There are no restrictions as to what part of his life... I'm really excited to see what they will get out of this particular exercise!


So without further ado... here are the images from yesterday:

Bobcat's if pretty easy to figure out! (Check out the blue flowers where Mary is kneeing, I thought that was a nice touch.)

Bubba's is a little more confusing, but as best as I understand it... this is Heaven and there are several people there and Jesus is having a conversation with Adam (as in Adam and Eve). (Yes I know Bubba's eye look funny in this shot, I took 10 different shots of him and in all of them his eyes were closed...this was the best of the bunch :-)

Snookie got really creative... this is a picture of Jesus driving out the demons. Jesus is the one with hair, and the figure in the box is the demon.

I love the fact that they are all different; they each came up with something on their own and really went with it!