Winners Announced and Kings Crowned...

We emerged briefly from the middle ages to select some winners for our giveaway!!!  The boys were quite excited about it (although disappointed that they couldn't enter to win the pencils) and wanted to help, so I reverted to the 'old fashioned' way of writing down each name on a slip of paper and letting the two bigger boys select the winners.

The winner of the coloring book and Lyra pencils is: Stephanie

The winner of the coloring book is: Mountain Mama

CONGRATS!

We've been delving into the world of kings, queens - both of Bible times, the middle ages and the present.

Today we had two coronations.  I'm actually surprised that there wasn't a request for a third, but my little guy just assumed that as long as he had a crown, he'd skip the formalities...

After watching the footage from Queen Elizabeth's coronation on you tube, we set out to have our own coronation.  The boys found a suitable thrown and laid out a path leading up to it with our playsilks.  Using our Wikki Stix we encircled a baseball and converted into our orb.  Classy looking, I know!

We then proceeded with our mimicking the elements from the Coronation that stood out to them. 

The crown was mounted on a royal pillow, there was a {speedy} grand entrance and the king was presented with the Sceptor of the Cross (representing justice and authority) and the Sceptor of the Dove, also referred to as the Rod of Equity and Mercy.  I was pretty giddy after finding two gold crowns and a scepter at a garage sale this weekend while I was out walking!!!

The short Archbishop finally managed to crown the king. 

It was a very serious affair.

Until the official formalities were finished. 

Then there was much celebration and thankfully sharing of 'authority'.

As always, it is fun to watch their imaginations take hold of new things!  We'll be parked in the middle ages for a couple more weeks...