William made the commitment to read the New Testament in 90 days. He has been reading the Bible for a while but has not had one to call his own. He has been using an old Matthew Henry Study Bible that I got a long time ago. It is big and falling apart. Today I surprised him by taking him out to buy a new one. He was so excited. We spent an hour in the store trying to choose between two selections. He chose a Teen Study Bible (KJV). He got a great deal too. It had one of those engravable name plates on the back where someone had ordered it and then not picked it up. The name plate was blank so I did not care. We ended up getting a $40 bible for $12. He was able to get a really cool cover too. He is at his desk right now ringing in the new year by reading his new bible. How convicting!
At the end of our day we continued a tradition we started last year. We had appetizer night. The kids have looked forward to it all year. We had buffalo wings, pigs in a blanket, garlic bread, brushetta, chips and queso, pizza rolls, and mini eclairs. Real healthy I know but we only did it once a year. We then ended the night watching three movies. The Last Airbender - talk about a movie where you can have a theological discussion with your children. We kept having to pause it to answer the kids questions. We also saw Nanny McPhee. Good and again we were able to have some good discussions. My favorite of the night was a surprise. On a whim I rented Ramona and Beezus. I cried several times. There were some discipline problems but all in all it was cute and clean and had a good ending.
Well, that is all for today or should I say yesterday because it is now 1:00 am on January 1, 2011. Happy New Year to all. I am going to go read by Bible before I go to bed. There is nothing like having your 10 year old son challenge you to read the word of God. God is good.
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Way to go, William!
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