Day 8 Joseph

Joseph is one of my family's favorites.  I think most people enjoy the story, as it is told in such detail. My children also really like the colorful dessert and the fact that there is a movie to go with it.  I think that as they get older, the actual excitement of these nights is replaced with nostalgia.  

Food Suggestions: 🍎🍔🍗🍰🍴

• spaghetti (for the bowing grain) in Joseph's dream.
  
  
  


• meatballs (pre-made frozen) (for the dream cows that ate each other)


• corn (for the dream corn) in Pharoah's dream.


• breadsticks (just out of the tube in the refrig section. (for the grain that Joseph kept track of)


2020 Update- I made a loaf of garlic bread (french bread from Walmart sliced and garlic buttered, wrapped in foil and heated for 30 minutes at 350.  I don't know where those breadsticks have gone, but I am sad about it.


• multi-colored cake...I have used tinted icing, tinted cake, and this year I am going to use the
  
  
  recipe at the bottom of this post and substitute baking m&ms for the chocolate chips

Packable Chocolate Chip Cake (from Barbara Hofstede via Taste of Home Magazine) 

1 package yellow cake mix
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup canola oil (or vegetable oil)
1/4 c water
4 eggs 
1 to 1 1/2 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips (the big ones sometimes break up the cake)
1 cup powdered sugar (for garnish)

1. In a large bowl, combine the dry cake mix, sour cream, oil, water and eggs. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Fold in chocolate chips.
2. Pour into a greased 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 20 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Just before serving, dust with powdered sugar. Really good if heated in the microwave for about 15 seconds and then dusted with powdered sugar. About 10 servings.

2020 Update -I used a Jiffy Cake Mix and halved the  Packable Chocolate Cake recipe.  Made 6 cupcakes.  I forgot to tint the batter so I tried to put some drops in and swirl around.  No.  Does not work.  Also mini chips are infinitely better than regular for this recipe. 

This story is pretty lengthy.  It might be better for small children with a video or a storybook that just hits the high points...
Scripture Reading📗📘📙📗📘📙

Genesis 37  Genesis 39-46

Scripture Audio🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧
Genesis 37
Genesis 39-46

A few years ago I got a copy of Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat with Donny Osmond. It has some kind of naughty moments with Potipher's wife and what I believe is a prostitute with Jacob and the brothers and is not completely accurate all around, but it's fun and the kids know the real story so they usually point out the wrong parts...the racy parts have passed over my kids up to now, but if it starts to be a problem, we will stop watching it...

2020 update-There is a scene with Potiphar's wife that is pretty explicit for kids... you can decide whether to fast forward past it (or similar)

There is also an episode of Beginner's Bible that is the story of Joseph and an episode of Veggie Tales (Little Joe, I think) that could be used. 


Ornament-Joseph 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄