Happy Monday everyone! I enjoy Mondays. I haven't always, but recently I've really appreciated each new week. It's like a new start. One of my goals for today was to do something fun with Emma, so I took her to a new squirt park I discovered that's relatively close to the house (about 10-15 minutes away). It was great! It was small, but new, nice, and fun. Emma enjoyed herself. She always likes to get wet. I haven't taken any Emma pictures for a while, so I've posted a couple from our squirt park experience. 
My other goal for today is to have a decent Family Home Evening. I started to prepare some things last night (which is great, especially considering if we even do an FHE at all, I usually won't pull something together until 5 mintues before). Yesterday, Emma had done some coloring in nursery of some "Obedience fish". Each fish has a simple statement that needs to be followed, such as "Sing 'I Am a Child of God'", or "Put your hand on your head". So, I cut each fish out and put some magnets on each of them. I just need to fashion myself a small fishing pole. Hopefully Emma will have fun with it. Anyway, our Family Home Evening will be on Obedience, so I also found a good Conference article on Obedience, in which I'll pull out a few thoughts for Ben and my sake. This is the first time I've ever even tried to really include Emma in our Family Home Evening. We usually do something in the late evening, after she's gone to sleep. But, especially now that she is starting nursery, I really think she'd enjoy some FHE activities we can do as a family... such as fishing for obedience fish. I'll let you know if we are successful. I welcome any suggestions for fun lesson ideas or activities to do with young children in a Family Home Evening.
I have a couple of books full of FHE geared to youngsters. Maybe I can scan some of them for you. I'll check distribution center. Maybe I can just get something for Emma. I'll go next week.
ReplyDeleteEmma is growing up fast. Thanks for the new pictures.
I looked at my Family Night in a flash books. Emma should be at least a year or two older for these lessons. I'll still see what I can find to help you and get it out in the mail. It will be next week at the soonest. Have you thought of getting a nursery manual and just reinforcing Sunday at home? Can I go get that for you?
ReplyDeleteThey have nursery manuals? I guess they would, of coarse, but I've never thought of it. That's a great idea! I would love one! What a good mom I have.
ReplyDeleteI'm in nursery right now! And they use the three year old manual, but they have ideas for nursery children at the end of each lesson.
ReplyDeleteAaahh nursery... good times :)
ReplyDeleteI'm so proud to hear that Emma is getting a head start, soon she'll be saying things like "for behold" and "it came to pass" before the other toddlers can even say "eeeeya!" "what's that" or "grrrr"