Strawberry Mice

How do you spell relationship? I have learned that the real way to spell it is TIME!

Whether you are talking about your children, your grandchildren, your spouse or your friends. It is spelled the same way!

Sometimes I am tempted to want to get something else done and just let the kids play by themselves when I had planned to play with them. Or to be having lunch with someone and be checking my email or talking on the phone with someone else. I try to remember to be attentive to the people I am with and enjoy building that relationship.

Below is a fun activity to do with your children or grandchildren. My friend Bekah and I tested this activity recently with 4 children (5 and under). I thought they would make a strawberry mouse and  want to get down and do something else. To our surprise they wanted to keep making the strawberry mice and loved Bekah and I being a part of the activity alongside them.

This was a great activity to do together and was a healthy snack!

Strawberry Mice:
Any size strawberries
Almond slivers for ears
Black icing for eyes
Mini chocolate chips for nose
Red licorice for tail
cheese squares for the mice to eat

Make new friends but keep the old!

Just watch kids enter a room. If there is another little person in the room they will often say, will you be my friend? Or they just instantly become friends. Children easily make new friends but keep the old.

I have been blessed to enjoy many friends along life’s path. One of those friends I met in 5^th grade. Last month I had the joy of sitting down with her for a whole afternoon. We were in the same 5^th grade class in elementary school and spent many days and nights together through the growing up years. Life took us to different states, different families and different adventures It was so much fun to reunite after many years. We covered 37 years of life in about 4 or 5 hours on a rainy day in Tampa, Florida!

Can you imagine living on this earth without friends? I can't! God made us desiring a relationship with us and he gives us relationships on this earth through friends.

Life was not meant to be lived alone. Friends make the journey fun. Friends encourage us to try new things. Friends help carry us through tough days.

With friends we can celebrate life!