End of October!!!!

Where has October gone? We have had a busy end to our month....and the great news is that as soon as we are moved, we will have just 2 activities--swim team and piano lessons--we will have plenty of time to unpack and spend some quality family time together. Since August, our family has been moving at the speed of light, it seems!

The above pictures represent Colin this week--1) What can I throw down that hole? I see my sisters throwing clothes down it....perhaps I should add toys to the mix?! and 2) Who needs toys when you can climb on the boxes that mom is stacking in the living room! It's a home-made climbing wall!

1 1/2 more weeks....until we move! However, we've had lots of fun stuff happening in the Glynn family's life!

Today, we were able to watch the last practice session of "Celebration", a swing-choir type group that Ellie and Jayna have been participating in at school. In a nutshell, it was amazing.

Last September, the girls had to audition--it was scary! They had to sing a solo in front of 3 judges and all of the children auditioning and then be observed learning simple dance steps. Today was the 7th week they've been meeting after school for 1 hour each week and what they've learned was just beautiful. They are really coming along as a group and you can tell they are growing in their confidence. The instructor "Miss Sheila" is also amazing--she has such a passion for this type of 'worship performing' and we could see that she makes these practices really fun. Ellie has loved each week of it; Jayna....not so much. However, if you view the videos, you will see nothing but JOY coming out of Jayna--she just LOVES it now. We are thankful that she stuck it out and ended up loving it!

Today, they did their practice and then they showed us the 2 songs they have been working on "Open the Eyes of my Heart" and "I am a Friend of God".
To view "Open the Eyes of my Heart" click HERE and HERE.
To view "I am a Friend of God" click HERE and HERE.



This week was also a special week at church--the 1st graders were presented with a "real" Bible (as opposed to a Bible storybook for a child!). It was a special service in which the parents were able to observe the children's worship as well as join the 1st graders for the presentation. The director of children's ministry told a great story that is worth paraphrasing:

There once was a man who lived on an island where it rained everyday. One day, he walked to the boat dock, he waited for a boat and then sailed to the mainland to go shopping. He picked up an umbrella; did not know what it was for and upon finding out it was to keep him dry from the rain, he bought it. He then walked back to the boat dock, waited for the boat, and sailed back to his island. It started to rain and everyone laughed at him, holding the umbrella that was doing NOTHING to keep him dry. He became upset; went back to the store where he was told "You have to hold it over your head to keep you dry"....so back he went, to his island. Of course, it started to rain AGAIN and this time, he held it straight over his head....and he got wet from the rain. He took another trip back to the store, wanting his money back as the umbrella was not keeping him dry. The store keeper realized that the man didn't know to OPEN the umbrella; he showed him how to open it and the man went back to his island. By this time, all of his island friends were laughing at him and making fun of him....and it started to rain again. The man finally opened his umbrella and stayed dry. A Bible is like that umbrella....many people have a Bible on a shelf, or they carry it around with them....but it doesn't do a lot of good if you don't OPEN it up and use it. (This story was so cute--the children had learned little actions--it was totally interactive and they really were focusing on the message!)

After the story, the Sunday School teachers presented the children with their own Bibles and it was darling--all the kids were sitting on the risers in the music room and they all had their heads down, inspecting and reading different parts of their new book. Even cuter has been the activities in our home this week: the requests to read to the family from Jayna's new Bible, the excitement to take it to school to "share" with the classmates and the request of "Mom....will you make sure you leave my Bible on my booster while I'm at school? I want to read it RIGHT after school..." Awwww....

Sunday starts November.....Not only is it Ellie's birthday month, but it will be "moving month" as well--stay tuned for documentation of all of that fun!