It has become a tradition – Thanks to my tradition junkie friend Valerie . At the end of each Summer Valerie hosts a Back To School Blessing party for the moms in our mom group and their children.
Prior to the party Valerie asks each mom to decide on a scripture verse for each of her children as their yearly verse that will be framed for each child to then be able to place on their dressers, bathroom counters or desks to remind them of the verse their mom selected and is praying over for them as they go off to school each day.
During the party we eat appetizers and have fun chatting then we gather all the kids around a cake that has one candle in it for the blessing celebration – teach child steps up to the cake and is asked how they would like us to pray for them for the upcoming school year, we then light the candle let each child blow it out on their turn, pray and bless them and present them with their framed scripture verse for the year.
My children have grown to love this tradition being prayed for with a blessing along with hanging out with their friends. This year we will be in Mexico beginning not only new school year but a new way of schooling them out of the country they have grown up in. So, it;s time we carry on Valerie’s tradition and take it International. We will host our own Back To School gathering inviting new friends to join us as we celebrate together going back to school. Mayeb we will have to include a Pinate in our celebration this year.