MOH: Ezekiel

This week in our Mystery of History studies, we talked about the prophet Ezekiel.

He was an interesting guy.

One small detail of his life was that God commanded him to eat a scroll. Grace drew a picture of this:

"Ezekiel ate a scroll because God told him to."

So, we made ourselves a little (edible) scroll out of a tortilla and honey. We wrote “Oh, Israel” on it, because Ezekiel prophesied during the time period just before the third and final invasion of King Nebuchadnezzar and the subsequent captivity in Babylon.

Then we rolled it up all scroll-like, and the kiddos ate it.

We decided a real, paper scroll probably wouldn’t have tasted quite so good. :-)

We also talked about his experience of prophesying to a valley full of bones…and watching those bones come to life! Then we sang the old spiritual “Dry Bones.”

Good times.

Let’s go racin’!

Our AWANA Grand Prix was this week, and our kiddos were thrilled. This is something they look forward to each year. It was Grace’s third time racing, but Caleb’s first!

Here’s the table of registration people. I like the guy on the far right. A lot.

At registration, each car has to be weighed, and not be over 5 ounces. Caleb’s car was fine, but Grace’s car was a whole ounce over, which was a ton of weight to get off. This is Mr. Nick, drilling Grace’s car.

The only difference between Grace and Caleb’s cars was that Grace’s car had a Lego man affixed to the top. We joked that he must have eaten too many donuts before the race. :-)

Here’s Caleb, when it was his turn to race. #1. Doesn’t he look old? #2. He won three of the four heats, but wasn’t fast enough to win a trophy.

Bummer: I guess I didn’t get a picture of Grace during the race. But here she is with her car afterward. (I think she won four of the four heats, but didn’t qualify for a trophy.)

And last, Caleb with his car.

Ava’s already anticipating next year’s race, when she’ll get to participate, too!

Another one bites the dust…


Sweet Caleb has been throwing up since about 2am.

This is a record for the Rumleys. Never before has 2/3 of our family been sick like this.

It’s down to Ava and me. I’m hoping we can escape the plague.

Halfway There!


Yesterday we completed our first semester of school. Woo-hoo! It’s always encouraging to make progress.

And, more interestingly, Caleb actually completed his math book yesterday. We started him in math last spring (before he “officially” started kindergarten – ah, the benefits of homeschooling)…so now he’s done with Saxon Math 1! Next week we’ll start on Saxon Math 2 (what we use for first grade math, actually a remedial second grade math). Good job, Caleb!

Boys and Makeup

You may not remember, but when Caleb was 20 months old, he found my mascara.

Funny, Jaden is 28 months old, and this month HE found my mascara…

My question is…why aren’t the GIRLS the ones getting into my makeup? Silly boys! :-)