Joseph, part two

Our Joseph from last week didn't come back this Sunday. But we still had ten kids! The story was long—first the scene with Potiphar's wife, then in prison with the baker and cupbearer, then interpreting Pharaoh's dreams. The leader chose the most impatient & hyperactive kid in the bunch to play Joseph. We had to chase him down quite a few times (hey, where's Joseph, he's supposed to be interpreting this dream…). He drives me a bit batty, but he is never, ever either mean or destructive. So I remind myself of this significant virtue and grab his little face and kiss it instead of grabbing his little neck and wringing it. Smile. I probably drive him nuts too (why is she always bugging me when I want to go and get another drink of water…)

I just happen two have two identical warm-up jackets, one gray and one red. They were perfect for our game. The red one represented happy times & the grey one depressing times. Joseph flipped back and forth quite a bit between these two circumstances in our story. So for the game, each pair (mainly mother & child) started by each wearing one of the jackets, and then exchanging them. The catch was, only one arm out of the four could be exposed at any one time. Try it!

Craft time was matching shapes of "skinny cow" and "withered grain" stickers (not really stickers; they had to use glue sticks) & "swallowing up" the correspondingly shaped fat cows & plump ears on their worksheets. Not real difficult, but everyone liked it.