So, ever since we moved, we have been trying to do better at certain aspects of our lives. One of those things that we have been trying to be better at doing is Family Home Evening. It has been difficult in the past but we figured that we should have a little bit easier time now that our kids can at least participate. Of course, this also means doing Family Home Evening in a fashion suitable for toddlers. Each week we try to talk about something for 5-10 minutes (or how ever long we can manage to keep their attention) that pertains to family, the gospel, or simply bettering ourselves. After we have talked a little bit about the chosen subject and then lost the attention of our kids, we have an activity. Some weeks the activity is watching a Veggie Tales that happens to coincide with the lesson. Some weeks we just play duck, duck, goose or London Bridge. The kids have come to absolutely love Family Home Evening and Damien will ask many other nights of the week if we can do "Home Evening". Anyway, last week we talked about exercise and why it is good for us. Then we all did several different exercises for the activity: played some soccer and basketball, showed the kids how to do a somersault. After we were done, both kids wanted to play ring-around-the-rosies. Daddy was worn out after all our exercises and so this is what was said:
Damien: Let's play ring-around-the-rosies!
Daddy: I'm pooped.
Damien: You need to go potty, Daddy.
I don't think Craig will be using that phrase again any time soon. ;o)
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hahaha, that's hilarious. That's basically how our FHE's go. My favorite recent one that we did is about how our bodies are temples. Melissa still says "My body is a temple and has light!" and tells us that apples and oranges are okay to eat but not mouses and socks (what I had on hand for demonstration :P) Good luck with your goals, once you get in the habit of FHE it's not so hard :)
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