Happy Reformation Day!

 

Our awesome church, Berean Community Church, held its first ever Reformation Celebration this year. Families were encouraged to come in non-scary costumes and prizes were awarded for best adult, best child, and best family costumes. I really didn't want to spend any money on costumes, so I tried to come up with some costumes for the kids from what we already had.  This year, we are reading through Reformation Heroes and learning about one reformer a week.  About a month ago, we read about Anne of Bohemia, so I thought at least one of the girls could dress up like a princess and be Anne of Bohemia.  Then, I quickly scanned the index to find another female reformer and came across the mother-daughter pair, Queen Marguerite of Narvarre and Queen Jeanne d'Albret of Navarre.  Perfect!  I thought Matthew and Jonathan could just wear our knight costumes.  Then, after reading about the queens of Navarre, the girls dubbed Jonathan the Prince of Conde and Matthew Prince Henry of Navarre.  Ummm...so that was settled I guess the day before the celebration.  But, poor Josiah, I didn't think about him until the day of.  Fortunately, Matthew and Jonathan had these really cute monkey hats when they were his size, so I dug out the monkey hat and dressed him up like a monk (ey)!  I even painted the girls' fingernails and toenails for the occasion.  Of course, they peeled it off in lightning speed.  

We had a wonderful time learning more about the history of the reformation through a skit and a presentation by our pastor.  We also really enjoyed the food and carnival games!  Maggie was the big winner of the evening.  With the closest guess of the money in the coin jar, she came home with a jar's worth of nickels and pennies--$21.97!  That's a lot of money for a five-year old.  She has such a generous heart, though, and agreed to share the prize money with Mary.