End of the Year Matching Game

Last week on the final day of 2011, the older three children sat down to the tasks of contemplating the previous twelve months and completing the “Happy New Year” worksheet that mom had reprinted with the permission of a friend! Here is a sampling of their answers (try to guess who penned each response; note – the youngest two had help with their oral answers!):

 

Lessons learned:     

• Getting work done before last minute relieves stress
• Leaving friends to go where God has called me can be difficult
• It is important to enjoy Germany
• God is the Creator of all things
• How to crawl

Wonderful memory:      

• Coming to Germany
• Traveling to Italy and France
• Experiencing nature/outdoor adventures during a week of camp
• Romantic gondola ride with my whole family
• Castles, Castles, Castles

Something I made:      

• Medieval dresses
• The world safe from dragons
• Shoe rack
• Friends
• An entrance

Favorite books read/re-read in 2011:      

• Dr. DeSoto by William Steig
• The Dragon's Tooth by N.D. Wilson
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• Chosen by God by R.C. Sproul
• Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
• The Thief by Megan Whelan Turner
• The Dragon and the Raven by G.A. Henty
• Saint George and The Dragon by Margaret Hodges

Favorite Christmas gift:     

• books
• i-pods (thank you, Uncle Wes and Aunt Dawn)
• boxing monkey patch (must read fav book #1 to understand this one)
• everything knightly
• singing camera
• love (someone remembered the point!)

**The highest score wins our sincerest adulation.

 

With just over a year of German-living under our proverbial belts, we recognize there is still much to see and do in the upcoming year. We hope everyone has a wonderful 2012!