Simple Easter Bunny Basket

This idea came from Small Steps Magazine page on FaceBook

Love verses Lust

I saw this on Facebook - perhaps it is something we should show our children!

101 Household Tips for Every Room in Your Home

Some of these are whacky, but some are really good

http://www.glamumous.co.uk/2013/03/101-household-tips-for-every-room-in.html

Character Studies (Contenders/Keepers)

1. Attentiveness
2. Character
3. Charity
4. Cheerfulness
5. Compassion
6. Contentment
7. Courage
8. Dependability
9. Determination
10. Devotion
11. Diligence
12. Discernment
13. Discretion
14. Enthusiasm
15. Faith
16. Faithfulness
17. Forbearance
18. Forgiveness
19. Generosity
20. Gentleness
21. Godliness
22. Goodness
23. Gratefulness
24. Helpfulness
25. Honesty
26. Hope
27. Humility
28. Initiative
29. Integrity
30. Joy
31. Kindness
32. Long-suffering
33. Meekness
34. Mercy 
35. Modesty
36. Obedience
37. Orderlliness
38. Patience
39. Peace
40. Peacemaking
41. Perseverance
42. Purity
43. Respectfulness
44. Responsibility
45. Sincerity
46. Steadfastness
47. Temperance
48. Thoughtfulness
49. Trustworthiness
50. Truthfulness
51. Willingness 
52. Wisdom

Keepers at Home badge categories (for Girls)

Category I: Spiritual Life Skills

• Bible Memory
• Bible Reading
• Church
• Church Service
• Missionary
• Prayer Warrior
• Witnessing

Category II: Character Studies

List can be found here - they would fit in with the ACE Programme

Category III: Personal Skills

• Budgeting
• Dorcas
• Etiquette
• Fitness
• Health
• Hope Chest
• Hygiene
• Letters
• Organisation
• Personal Journal
• Proverbs 31 Study for Girls
• Scheduling

Category IV: Serving Others

• Childcare
• Community Service
• Ecology
• Family
• Friends
• Grandparents
• Hospitality
• Love
• Neighbour
• Others
• Patriotism
• Rest Home
• Special Needs
• Tea Party

Category V: Around the home

• Cleaning
• Gardening
• Home Decorating
• Ironing
• Laundry
• Napkin Folding

Category VI: Culinary Arts

• Menu Planning
• Grocery Shopping
• Master Baker
• Bread Baking
• Cake Baking
• Cake Decorating
• Cookie Baking
• Doughnut Making
• Muffin Baking
• Pastry Baking
• Pie Making
• Master Cook
• Cooking
• Candy Making
• Casserole Making
• Fruits
• Ice Cream Making
• Meats
• Snacks and Drinks
• Soup Making
• Vegetable
• Master Preserver
• Canning
• Dehydrating
• Freezing
• Jelly Making

Category VII: Creative Skills

• Albums
• Appliqué
• Basket Weaving
• Beadwork
• Calligraphy
• Candle Making
• Candlewicking
• Card Making
• Counted Cross Stitch
• Crazy Quilting
• Crewel Embroidery
• Crochet
• Découpage
• Doll Making
• Embossing
• Embroidery
• Flower Arrangement
• Hand Sewing
• Knitting
• Latch Hooking
• Macramé
• Miniatures
• Mosaics
• Needle Felting
• Needlepoint
• Needle Punching
• Origami
• Photographer
• Photography
• Plastic Canvas
• Pressed Flowers
• Quilling
• Quilting
• Rubber Stamping
• Scrapbooking
• Sewing
• Soap Making
• Spinning 
• Stencilling
• Tatting
• Tie Dying
• Weaving

Category VIII: Scholarship Studies

• Academic Studies
• Biography
• Foreign Language
• Lapbooking
• Literature
• Poetry
• Scholarship
• Sates
  Writing

Category IX: Special Knowledge

• Citizenship 
• Computers
• CPR
• Fire Safety
• First Aid
• Genealogy
• Library
• Puppetry
• Sign Language
• Storytelling
• Typing

Category X: Music Arts

• Band
• Choral Music
• Hymns
• Musical Instruments
• Singing

Category XI: Artistic Skills

• Ceramics
• Clay Sculpting
• Diorama
• Drawing
• Oil Painting
• Pottery
• Tole Painting
• Watercolours

Category XII: Nature Studies

• Birds
• Butterflies
• Flowers
• Insects
• Trees
• Wildflowers
• Nature Study Topics

Category XIII: Caring for Pets and Farm Animals

• Aquarium
• Farm Animals
• Horses
• Pets

Category XIV: Recreational Skills

• Badminton
• Bicycling
• Camping
• Croquet
• Hiking
• Ice Skating
• Rollerblading
• Roller Skating
• Swimming
• Table Tennis
• Tennis 
• Volleyball

Although these are from the Girls' handbook, there's no reason why boys can't complete these badges! 

Contenders for the Faith Badge categories (boys)

Category I: Spiritual Life Skills

• Bible Memory
• Bible Reading
• Bible Study
• Church
• Church Service
• The Great Commission
• Missionary
• Prayer Warrior
• Proverbs Study for Boys
• Stewardship
• Timothy

Category II: Character Studies

List can be found here - these would fit in with the ACE programme

Category III: Personal Skills

• Finances
• Fitness
• Health
• Hygiene
•  Letters
• Organisation
• Personal Journal
• Propriety
• Scheduling

Category IV: Serving Others

• Community Service
• Ecology 
• Family
• Friends
• Grandparents
• Love
• Neighbour
• Others
• Patriotism
• Rest Home
• Special Needs
• Widows

Category V: Around the Home

• Gardening
• Handyman
• Home Care
• Landscape Care
• Man of the House
• Painter
• Wood Finishing

Category VI: Culinary Skills

• Chef
• Grilling
• Ice Cream making

Category VII: Creative Skills

• Albums
• Calligraphy
• Kites
• Leatherworking
• Models
• Mosaics
• Origami
• Photographer
• Photography
• Woodburning
• Woodcarving

Category VIII: Scholarship Studies

• Academic Studies
• Astronomy
• Biography
• Foreign Language
• Lapbooking
• Literature
• Poetry
• Rocketry
• Scholarship
• States
• Writing

Category IX: Special Knowledge

• Citizenship
• Computers
• CPR
• Electricity
• Fire Safety
• First Aid
• Genealogy
• Knots
• Library
• Occupations
• Pocketknife
• Public Speaking
• Puppetry
• Sign Language
• Small Engine Repair
• Storytelling
• Teaching
• Tools
• Typing
• Woodworking

Category X: Music Arts

• Band
• Choral Music
• Hymns
• Musical Instruments
• Singing

Category XI: Artistic Skills

• Clay Sculpting
• Diorama
• Drawing
• Oil Painting
• Pottery
• Watercolours

Category XII: Nature Studies

• Birds
• Butterflies
• Insects
• Plants
• Rocks and Minerals
• Trees
• Weather
• Wildlife
• Nature Study Topice

Category XIII: Outdoor Skills

• Campfire Cooking
• Camping
• Canoeing
• Fishing
• GPS Navigation
• Hiking
• Hunting (not sure how applicable this is to the UK...)
• Kayaking
• Orienteering
• Outdoor Life
• Outdoorsman
• Tracking

Category XIV: Caring for Pets and Farm Animals

• Aquarium
• Farm Animals
• Horses
• Pets

Category XV Recreational Skills and Hobbies

• Archery
• Badminton
• Bicycling
• Chess
• Coin Collecting
• Croquet
• Golf
• Ice Skating
• Rollerblading
• Roller Skating
• Stamp Collecting
• Swimming
• Table Tennis
• Tennis
• Trampolining
• Volleyball

Some of the badge requirements may need tweaking for the UK

Although these are from the Boys' handbook, there's no reason why girls can't complete these badges!

Christmas Time - Christmas 2013 poem

Christmas is a time for giving.

A time for joy.

A time for living.

Christmas is a time for meeting.

A time for friendships.

A time for greeting.

Christmas is a time for emotion.

A time for remembrance.

A time for devotion.

Christmas is a time in history.

A time written down 

For eternity

Christmas is a time to see a boy.

A time of birth.

A time of joy.

Christmas is a time of our Father's giving.

A time of love.

A time of living.

Christmas is a time for praising,

Of angels' songs - 

Hallelujahs raising

Christmas is a time for thought

Of the Gift God gives

Which can't be bought.

Christmas is a time to receive

The gift of life

Only God can give.

Christmas is a time which leads

To a certain place

 Called Calvary.

If it wasn't for that time in history,

There would be no gifts,

No lit up tree,

No children singing

Christmas songs,

No Man who came 

To right our wrongs

Let us remember this Christmas time

That Jesus came

To make Him mine,

He lived a life

We could never live,

To offer a gift 

No one else could give. 

©  Carolyn Davison 29th November 2013