The Quilter's Adventures: FHE

~Kids...They're so Silly~

Chase was playing dress-up and came to the top of the stairs and said, "Look! I'm Jesus! ~pause~ Wait! Jesus has to go potty!!!!" And off he ran!

Brielle asks if she can have some medicine. When I ask her why she says, "Because I have ISSUES!" (I think she was referring to her runny nose and that she needed to use tissues!?!)

Brielle asks, "Mom, Where are we going?" I respond, "Crazy".
Brie says, "Where's Crazy?" I say, "Anywhere we are at the moment." She says after a long pause, "Will my friends be at Crazy too?" I say, "No Brielle, Crazy isn't a place, it's a state of mind." "Oooohhhh!" she says, while giggling.

A rainstorm was brewing outside and Brielle said, "Mom! I SEE thunder!!!"

When pulling into the gas station, Avery asks, "What are we doing? The gas light isn't on!" I respond, "Believe it or not, we CAN get gas when the gas light's NOT on!"

When asked to shut the back door, Chasen responded, "I can't! I'm NOT big!"

Avery asks me, "Mom, where does the water come from?"
Brielle answers, "From the faucet!!!"

Wanting to go outside on a cold day, I said to Brielle, "It's chilly out there!" She says, "Mmmm, I like chili!"

Chasen REALLY wants to be like his daddy! He decided to "cook" one morning and made himself a Saltine and Syrup sandwich... He grabbed 2 saltine crackers, poured some syrup on one, placed the other on top and took a BIG bite!!!

Thursday, July 10, 2008

FHE

Family Home Evening this week:

We talked about being a Child of God. We explained to the kids how they have certain characteristics of their dad and I; they also have characteristics of their Heavenly Father. We compared an apple and a grape to find what ways they were similar and what ways they were different. In this, we explained, are how children of God are similar and also different. We then listed the things that God is and how we want to become like him. We chose kind, loving, respectful and responsible. We then discussed ways that we can become more loving, kind, respectful etc. in our home. We then chose one area that we are going to work on for the week. Such as I am going to work on being more loving; meaning giving more hugs and kisses and not yelling. The kids are mostly going to be working on not hitting and sharing more. After they colored their I am A Child of God crowns, we enjoyed cake and ice cream to celebrate our birth as Children of our Heavenly Father.