our little cubbie

This year is Anna's first year as an AWANA cubbie at church. AWANA is a bible club held at our church on Wednesday nights for kids ages 3 and up. She absolutely loves it! At Cubbies, they learn bible verses, hear bible stories, have puppet time, game time, art projects, and of course snacks.

One major focus of AWANA is that the home is the primary place for spiritual training. During the week, we sit and work through her Jumper book with her and she practices her verses and recites them to her leaders on Wednesdays at club. It's really amazing that a three-year-old can soak up that much scripture! It can sure teach us all a lesson! She loves to be read to and learn new things! It's giving us high hopes for school next year!

She is sure making her mommy and daddy proud! She is so proud of herself too! She gets to wear a special little cubbie vest and gets a new patch for her vest when she completes each section in her book. When we pick her up from Cubbies on Wednesdays, she can't wait to show us what she did and the things she learned.

AWANA has had a big influence in my (Holly's) life too. I went to AWANA as a child and can still remember so much of what I learned through the program. We are so thrilled that our children will have the opportunity to go through the same books and learn the same biblical principles and foundations of christianity. Next year, Jack will get to be a part of AWANA too. They just started a group called "Puggles" for 2 year olds. (Apparently a puggle is a baby platypus?) Learn something new every day!

To learn more about AWANA, check out their website at www.awana.org