The Prince's Portion

 Ezekiel 45:7-25 is our lesson for today.  Last time we learned about designating part of what we have as for the Lord.  It's a reminder you know?

⁷ “And to the prince shall belong the land on both sides of the holy district and the property of the city, alongside the holy district and the property of the city, on the west and on the east, corresponding in length to one of the tribal portions, and extending from the western to the eastern boundary ⁸ of the land. It is to be his property in Israel. And my princes shall no more oppress my people, but they shall let the house of Israel have the land according to their tribes.

 As I read this passage there seems to be more than one prince talked about here.   There is "THE PRINCE" and then there are the princes.    THE PRINCE shall belong to the land surrounding the holy district and the city property.  This land shall be his.

BUT then there are the princes who are being called to no longer oppress the people of God.   It is to these princes that God directs his comments.

They are to put away violence and oppression.
They are to execute justice and righteousness. 
They are no longer to evict the people.
They will have just balances.  The ephah and the bath, they will be of the same measure - one tenth of a homer.    With money being measured the same as well.

But I'm not sure if these princes are different or not.  

⁹ “Thus says the Lord God: Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and execute justice and righteousness. Cease your evictions of my people, declares the Lord God.
¹⁰ “You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath. ¹¹ The ephah and the bath shall be of the same measure, the bath containing one tenth of a homer, and the ephah one tenth of a homer; the homer shall be the standard measure. ¹² The shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels shall be your mina.

The princes are to receive offerings that are of the standard, measured weight.  This offering is to be given by all the people of the land.
 
¹³ “This is the offering that you shall make: one sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat, and one sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley, ¹⁴ and as the fixed portion of oil, measured in baths, one tenth of a bath from each cor (the cor, like the homer, contains ten baths). ¹⁵ And one sheep from every flock of two hundred, from the watering places of Israel for grain offering, burnt offering, and peace offerings, to make atonement for them, declares the Lord God. 


¹⁶ All the people of the land shall be obliged to give this offering to the prince in Israel. ¹⁷ It shall be the prince's duty to furnish the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings, at the feasts, the new moons, and the Sabbaths, all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel: he shall provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement on behalf of the house of Israel.

But do you see as you read?  Not only do the people have offerings to make, but the prince has offerings he needs to make as well.  The burnt, grain and drink offerings at the festivals etc, as well as the sin, grain, burnt and peace offerings in order to make atonement for the people.


¹⁸ “Thus says the Lord God: In the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall take a bull from the herd without blemish, and purify the sanctuary. ¹⁹ The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and the posts of the gate of the inner court. ²⁰ You shall do the same on the seventh day of the month for anyone who has sinned through error or ignorance; so you shall make atonement for the temple.
²¹ “In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall celebrate the Feast of the Passover, and for seven days unleavened bread shall be eaten. ²² On that day the prince shall provide for himself and all the people of the land a young bull for a sin offering. ²³ And on the seven days of the festival he shall provide as a burnt offering to the Lord seven young bulls and seven rams without blemish, on each of the seven days; and a male goat daily for a sin offering. ²⁴ And he shall provide as a grain offering an ephah for each bull, an ephah for each ram, and a hin of oil to each ephah. ²⁵ In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month and for the seven days of the feast, he shall make the same provision for sin offerings, burnt offerings, and grain offerings, and for the oil.

And yet more sacrifices.
Do you see that they have be without any kind of blemish?
Perfect animals.
Meant to make the people right with God.
But so many were needed.  Grain, birds, cattle, sheep and more.'
I am left sitting here thinking, Jesus put an end to all that.
He was what the sacrifices pointed us toward.
Then he ended the need for them. 

That's a true prince in action.

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The Week of American Goldfinches in Colour

Check it out... my Spring Bed is out in good form this week.  Must like all the rain we've been having!  I just love walking up and seeing them all in bloom... just makes my heart smile!

Saturday:
I brought this cutie to London.   DaisyHawk in one of my favourite does, but it was time for her to find a new home.   She'll be living on a farm in St. Thomas. 

Sunday:
Headed off to Kingsville so hubby could preach in the church of some friends.  Then had a lovely visit in the afternoon with them.  We went for a walk and my son was able to see Cactus growing in the wild in Ontario.

Monday:
We planned to go to London, but the lad developed a sore throat and was acting a touch troubled, so we called gramma who said "I'll come your way".  Once she arrived we headed out so we could get our taxes done, have a lunch out with hubby and so I could sell this cutie.

I bought a slingshot...
Tuesday:
 The lad's sore throat has resolved itself into a cold.  It's a bleak rainy day.  We did some schooling with emphasis on "school should not cause tears" and chilled out in the afternoon doing laundry and watching movies.

Wednesday:
 The lad was not feeling okay this morning yet, draggy and more apologetic than normal.  So he stayed home to do minimal schooling (just on-line stuff needed for reviews) and his reading.   I headed off to the

We had lunch together and chatted. I cleaned the fridge (being fairly brutal) and by the end we had a half empty fridge!!! 

Finished the laundry from yesterday, did some blogging and the lad made me supper (eggs/bacon/cheese scramble).  Took pictures of my bunny babes and then decided to cut the lawn.  Not the smartest idea as now I'm really tired and sore.   BUT HEY!!   The lawn is done and now the rain can come again and it won't be a jungle when it stops again (apparently not until Monday!!!!).

Hubby pointed out that our Regular Pairs of American Goldfinch are back and ... are almost back to breeding plumage.  

Thursday:
Today we did things differently than normal.  We made muffins, made the Millenium Falcon, built a hydraulic claw and made a simple drawing for art on Friday.   The lad did do his devotions and his Veritas Press History lesson.

Friday:
Dad had a funeral to preach so we dropped him off  as we headed off to visit a friend and do an art project.   Linoleum Printing.   It was rather fun to do!   Look!   I did a budgie!

Reviews:
Mission to Pluto.  A neat trip with a scientist to Pluto.
ArtAchieve.  A neat art program that we like. 
Millennium Falcon, Star Wars Builders.   A really neat kit for building a replica Millennium Falcon.

Homeschooling:
Art Class, different than one-on-one.  This post part of a crew round up post.
Art Book Series: Spot the Differences.  Guest post about a neat art book
Prickly Pear Cactus.  ABC blogging post, native cactus to Canada.
Books Read in April.   The books we read in April.  A link up post.


Everything Else:
Recipe: Rice-Cheese balls.  An interesting new recipe.  A link up post.
Springtime, a poem.  Just a simple poem about spring.
The Prince's Portion.  Devotion on Ezekiel 45:7-25
The Greatest Should.  Word prompt on the word Should... what is the greatest should?

Linking Up at The Following Places.

Homeschool Coffee Break.

Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers. 

 Homeschool Blog and Tell.

   Family Friday LinkUp.

Encouraging hearts & Home blog hop. 

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Review: Millennium Falcon, Star Wars Builders

My lad has been waiting for .. what seemed to him like forever...until we could build this lovely kit that came our way via Raincoast Books.   Little did he know I had an agenda.

First... work through his Apologia Astronomy book and read through the book on Pluto. Now admittedly he's not completely done with the apologia study (but he's close), but he's got a cold, it's a blah rainy day and I thought.. why not today!  So that's what we did. :)  We opened up the kit Star Wars Builders Millennium Falcon.  Oh my, did the lad have fun!

What do you get?
This kit comes as a complete unit, a box attached to a book.

A clear direction sheet that has instructions on both sides. One to show the numbering, the other to show how to put it all together. 

The book is a nice one with good quality paper and full colour pictures throughout.  The text appeals to a variety of ages.   64 pages of good information for the Star Wars fan. 

The build is made of cardstock that is very thick and sturdy.   It has layers in it, but they are held together well and do not separate when putting it together.  One piece buckled a little when being bent to form the curved lines...but that was more a learning how much pressure needed to be applied.  It did not affect the integrity of the finished product.

An easy to put together 3-D puzzle.   Follow the instructions or it won't go together well.

My Thoughts

I have to admit that it was hard to not want to do the build myself or to offer help.  I contented myself with reading parts of the book out-loud to my lad and asking him how he thinks it reflects real life (as movies are supposed to reflect life right?).   It was enjoyable to listen to his thoughts.

New Horizons is a real spacecraft from Pluto Mission

Concern:
 
I can't say the box is very sturdy as it came to us ripped although it was in secure packaging and taped closed. None of the pieces were damaged as they were tightly packed, a good bit away from any damage to the box.  So I can't say the damage was really worth anything, just spoiled the initial look of the kit is all it did.

My Son's Thoughts:

My son loved this.  Oh my!  He had fun building it.  He thought it was one of the best builds he's ever done.

Kit Synopsis: 
Discover what makes the Millennium Falcon the most famous ship in the Star Wars galaxy with this awesome master builder kit! Featuring a 64-page book detailing out some of the ship's most daring adventures and introducing members of the crew, Star Wars fans will enjoy learning more about one of the most legendary starships in the galaxy. When fans finish the guidebook, they can follow the included instructions to build their own to-scale replica Millennium Falcon with the included cardstock model pieces. It's everything Star Wars fans need to begin an adventure in the galaxy far, far away. 

Where can you find it?

 Amazon.ca - Star Wars Builders: Millennium Falcon

 Amazon.com - Star Wars Builders: Millennium Falcon

Just so you know.. if you want to teach your child astronomy, SchoolhouseTeachers is having a sale right now AND it's an really great sale.  The sale price for the monthly membership is $9.95, and the sale price for the yearly membership is $99.   Not only can you take the everyday astronomy course but you can use all the interactive elements of the World Book Encyclopedia.   AND you could even make Hans Solo's Sound Blaster!

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The Greatest Should

I should get to bed I said.
I should get to bed on time.

But..there's this post to write.
This laundry to fold.
Some critters to care for.

And so I went to bed (after I had that all done).  :)  Leaving this particular post to wait until Friday sometime.

GO......

I sit here after a long busy day of being with my lad, of hardly seeing my hubby and finally being able to enjoy his quiet presence as we sit together, of thinking how he did a funeral for a former church member whose family didn't know the Lord and saw her faith as insignificant, and think of the word should.

Should contains so much you know?

Makes me think of all the things I "SHOULD" do and don't.  And of all the things I choose to do that leave those other shoulds unanswered.

It makes me think of how that's how life is you know? If you heed one should, you leave another should unfulfilled.  It is simply impossible to meet all the shoulds you have in life.   You just can't do it all you know?

But there is one should you need to pay heed to.
The should of knowing the Lord God.  The one who created you.  The one who didn't need to make things right between himself and us.   He didn't need to but he also knew what he SHOULD do.   He created a way for us to know him personally.

God loves us.  Making the should of his sacrifice of his lad for us.  It's what he did.

In response we need listen to that quiet call upon our hearts by the Holy Spirit.   That call that bids us answer the greatest should of all.  The "should" of having a personal relationship with the Lord God, through his son Jesus Christ the Lord. 

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This is a five minute Friday post. the word prompt is brought to us by Miss Kate.  What is Five Minute Friday?  Well it's a party of a group of like minded folks who gather on Friday to do a five minute free write around a singular word.  AND THEN (and this is the most important part) we take the time to offer up encouragement to each other on this writing journey.  It's fun, though it's not always easy, but it is always good.   Come join us won't you?  You are always welcome.

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Art Class, Different than One-on-One

 Over this past year I tried to get my homeschool co-op to come out to my place to do a bi-weekly art lesson with the lad and I but...no one came out.  I guess they thought the half-hour drive was too much to bear.   I wanted to do an art class because doing art as a group is much different than doing art one-on-one.

So when it came time to do our spring co-op again I thought, I'm going to do an art class.

We had FUN!   I did a class on Zentangles and I have to admit.. it was BY FAR the easiest class I have ever done for co-op.

Grab the book: Zentangle: The inspiring and mindful drawing workbook with over 70 practice tiles

Grab a bunch of children.
Set them down with some paper and pencils and watch them go.  Seriously.. we had fun.
My job?   Simple.
Give some basic instruction first day... see.. look at these different zentangles.  This one is called ____, that one is called ______.  Practice a few of them.  We practiced on 2 x 2 squares of paper.

My job?  Offer encouragement, show what you can do different... if you space the lines farther apart or turn the tangle upside down.  "AH!!!"   one boy said.. "I can turn it into wheat!" while a girl said "I can make those vines into ropes if I add some twisty lines".

I LOVE THAT STUFF!   Seriously.  I do not consider myself artistic.. I hated school and having to all do the exact same thing when doing art.  HATED IT.   But I do have a knack for taking ideas and presenting them to children and then seeing them literally FLY with it.   I LOVE THAT.

For week two I asked them.. what do you want to do?  Do you want to practice more on the 2 x 2 sheets OR would you like to see what you can do with objects?     Objects it was, so I brought in a variety of half sheet images.  Some pokemon, some birds, some puppies etc.   Things I thought the children might be interested in..and let them go to work.   I just pulled up free colouring pages from on-line, resizing them to fit the page.

This proved to be what the children wanted to do.   Fill in images and make their zentangles, or doodles with a purpose, practical.

I quickly discovered one young lady had an affinity for doing bible verses.  Her mom told me how delighted she was that I allowed her to do what she wanted to do and didn't make her do what the others were.   This picture is partially done.  She did another one that was much bigger and filled with hearts around the John 3:16 verse.  Simple and well done.

Another young lady turned out these amazingly well done drawings.   She hopes to turn them into a book and maybe sell them.   I told her she had the skill to do so.

 Another young lady tried her hand at making her own outline and then filling it in.  Isn't she doing an great job?  I was so proud of her and pleased with her work.

My young fellows weren't really keen on me taking pictures of them working.   In fact one refused, so I went with it.  :)  We did careful behind the scenes pictures.  I'm not supposed to let it be too big, but pleased I was with their work.   For their final project white shirt did a zentangle with french symbols to be filled out, and striped shirt did a series of intricate lines inside a pokemon figure.

This young lady learned to fit the zentangle drawings to the outline she was using.   By the time she had this one finished, it would have been a joy to colour in and see all those sweeping lines.   Not just done in pencil, but in fine tipped marker as well.

The bulk of the class was just me doing around and saying well done, have you thought about using this idea?   Oh.. I like how you added some blockiness to that, or see how the lines sweep here?.. what kind of doodle do you think will fit well there?    Encouragement along with different images to fill.. it was just an easy, laid back class filled with laughter and beauty.  

 Didn't they do an excellent job?  I was so immensely pleased with all of them.  It was amazing to see their different styles?   A couple of the children made "cheat sheets" for themselves, choosing zentangles they particularly liked and putting them on a sheet.

This post is part of the Homeschool Crew Art Round up.  It will probably open up on Friday morning.

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Review: Mission to Pluto

I have to tell you this.. I have not read this book, my lad did. Boy did he ever talk about this first visit an ice dwarf and the kuiper belt, as found in Mary Kay Carson's book "Mission to Pluto". 

AND.. wonders upon wonders.. he actually told me what he thought about it.   So this review is based solely on what he told me about it.

HE LIKED IT!

OH,... he was full of information.  He researched additional ideas on youtube and just filled two weeks with reading and watching.  :)   Here's one video he told me about: 

It's a good thing that you know?

What he liked:
LOTS of pictures.    Not just pictures and colour graphics to fill space, but ones that actually had to do with what he was reading about.

It had interesting cut-outs...you know when they bring up interesting facts not directly related to what they are talking about.  Like when they talked about the girl who named Pluto or when they talked about the colours of the spectrum and what not.   My lad was going on and on about how that led to him learning about Red  S____ .  He's told me and explained it to me but it keeps disappearing into the nether on me!   (how red isn't really red cause it disappears ???)   Anyways, it has him all fascinated and talking.

He loved it when they had all the pictures on the page in one spot OR taking up the entire page.   He didn't have to wonder where he should start reading.

If the picture was at the top of slightly off center he didn't know if he should start reading under the picture or beside the picture, so "tell them mom that if they are writing this for me to read they should put the pictures either at the top or at the bottom so it isn't confusing". 

It has lots of information in it but "I found it really easy to read.  It didn't take me very long".

When I asked if he thought other boys might be interested the answer was "yes".   He admittedly wasn't sure if girls would like it... but honestly.. I think they would if they are into the things of outer space and seeing how a scientist realized a dream.

When my son realized there were several others in the series he wanted me to rush out and get more of them.. so expect a review or two to come along yet from others in the series.  :)

Title: Mission to Pluto
Author: Mary Kay Carson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 80
Age Range:  10-12 years
Series: Scientists in the Field
Reviewed for: Raincoast Books



Book Synopsis:  In July of 2015 a robotic spacecraft reached Pluto after a nine-and-half-year journey. New Horizons is the first spacecraft mission to Pluto and revealed its five moons as never before seen. Images from the mission show a reddish surface covered in ice-water mountains, moving glaciers, and hints of possible ice volcanoes and an underground ocean. Pluto is geologically alive and changing!.......Follow along with the team of scientists as they build New Horizons, fly it across the solar system, and make new discoveries about a world three billion miles away.

Where to find this book: 
 Amazon.ca - Mission to Pluto: The First Visit to an Ice Dwarf and the Kuiper Belt

 Amazon.com - Mission to Pluto: The First Visit to an Ice Dwarf and the Kuiper Belt (Scientists in the Field Series)

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Art Book Series: Spot the Differences

HI!   Guess what, Joanna is nice enough to guest post for me with what sounds like a fascinating book.  Joanna commented on my blog about this book and I asked if she'd please please please write a blog post for me as I wanted you all to know about it too!   Come check it out with me eh? 

I am always looking for ways to keep my boys interested in learning about art. 

We have read many great books about artists, carried out artist studies complete with copied works, and go on field trips to local art museums.  

But I always wanted my boys to really stop and study the works of art.  Look for the nuances that make them so spectacular, learn the names of major works of art and the artists who painted them.  

I was so thrilled when I stumbled upon the Spot the Differences book!  So far we only have book 1 but there are 4 of them in the series.  

I love this series because my boys were excited about using it!  

The book has 25 famous paintings-- each painting is pictured twice.  The first page shows the original painting complete with name and date it was painted.  The opposing page shows the same picture with anywhere from 6-14 change and you are challenged to find all the differences between the original work of art and the changed picture.  There is an answer key in the back of the book if you get stumped and a handy box for checking off all the differences you have found. 

 Surrounding both pictures are snippets of information about the artist, the painting itself, and some facts about the historical period in which the artist lived and painted. 

It has made art study so fun! 

  You can find Joanna over at Our Unschooling Journey Through Life.   Do be sure to visit her there as well eh?

Where can you find it:
 Amazon.com: Spot the Differences Book 1: Art Masterpiece Mysteries (Dover Children's Activity Books)

Amazon.ca: Spot the Differences Book 1: Art Masterpiece Mysteries






Joanne Rawson is the author of the blog Our Unschooling Journey. Known around the web as Mother of 3, Joanne began her blog when she first started homeschooling her three boys in 2012. She lives in Connecticut with her family and enjoys reading, crafting, and travelling... all of which usually ends up on her blog.

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Recipe: Rice Cheese balls or Arancini

 So the other day I had cooked up a bunch of rice cause I wanted to make some rice pudding.  I over estimated how much I would need (what can I say... I can do the math but my cold-fogged head messed up).  Anyways, I had a whack of rice and wanted to lessen the amount of leftovers.  (ever been there??).

I found Five Easy Recipes that use leftover rice and made what I call rice cheese balls, but what they call Arancini.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups cooked white rice, cooled
• ½ cup grated Parmesan
• 1 egg
• 8 small cubes fresh mozzarella - if using store bought mozzarella let it sit out for a bit to get warm and soft.
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup Italian-style breadcrumbs
• Oil, for frying
• 1 cup marinara sauce (didn't use)

Directions:
1. Place a large pot over medium heat, adding enough vegetable oil to rise 4 inches in the pot.
2. Combine the rice, Parmesan, and 1 egg in a medium bowl. Use your hands to thoroughly combine the mixture. 
3. Whisk together the remaining 2 eggs in a small bowl.
4. Measure the breadcrumbs into a small bowl.  I did not need the 1 cup, could probably get away with 1/2 cup.
5. Take a small portion of the mixture, forming a ball around a cube of mozzarella. 
6. Dip each arancini in the eggs and then in the breadcrumbs, shaking off any excess.  NOTE: to do this I placed each round on a spoon and then spooned the egg over top of it, turning as necessary.  DO NOT dip them.. they will completely fall apart on you.  Then roll them in breadcrumbs.
7. Once the oil reaches 375 degrees Fahrenheit, add 2 or 3 of the breaded arancini to the pot, frying them until golden brown and cooked throughout.
8. Use a slotted spoon to remove the fried arancini from the pot and transfer them to a paper towel-lined plate. Immediately salt the arancini. Repeat the frying process with the remaining arancini.  I did not salt them but I dislike excess salt, hubby found it unnecessary, your tastes may vary.

If you want, dip them in the marinara sauce.
If you are like hubby - seafood sauce is really great with them, or ketchup, or dijon mustard.  Threaten to scarf down all nine balls lovely wife made.  :)
If you are like the lad and mom - no sauce necessary..just eat up and enjoy and look for seconds.  :)

They are best served warm.

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