Lenten Traditions 2008 and Week One

Last year, we began a few traditions for our family's Lenten observances. We'll continue some of those this year and add some more discussion and instruction for Caroline. We'll continue our Blessing Tree (a tree branch that we add a ribbon to each evening while saying a blessing for a loved one), the ark bank for the Heifer Project, and the Wednesday Night Lenten Dinners at church. I'm adding in weekly stories for Caroline, stories of Jesus's life and teachings as well as a few crafts.

I have ordered a story board on Jesus's Life that I'm pretty excited about using over the 40+ days of Lent. It has not shipped yet, though, so I probably won't start it until Week Two or Three.

Week One of Lent:
-- Ash Wednesday -- use black finger paint to paint ashes on a picture of face
-- set up table for Lent (purple cloth, stories of Jesus's life, blessing tree, and ark bank)
-- plant a bulb to watch what happens between now and Easter