I wanted to share a quick Monday Night highlight: FHE with the Anderson children this week. They are so special- just like their parents! These kind of moments are so much fun, and I am constantly learning from these kids. (Please read a previous blog entry in February for an explanation of FHE.)
Our evening began with... pizza, what else?! While we were eating, we played a game: name 2 favorite things you like to eat, and your 2 least favorite things to eat. I learned that someone REALLY likes bacon, and several people really dislike onions. Okay, good to know these things for future reference.
Later, the kids asked what kind of board games I had. I explained that I had none because, as a missionary, I didn't have a lot of time to play games. What to do?? I looked around and saw 2 pizza boxes. "Well, that's a board", I thought to myself. I suggested that we make our own board game. Why not?
No sooner did I say that, when Garrison selected the cleanest of the two boxes, and his wheels started to turn. Equipped with scissors and a Sharpie marker, he got busy. Will and Olivia decided to draw pictures, which were so delightful. I still have them taped to my wall. I was having a ball watching them use their imagination to create "magic"- or -something from nothing!
Within 30 minutes, we were ready to begin playing Garrison's original game, he called, "Gravity: The Game". He is amazing! He made a die (singular dice) from the scraps of cardboard! He invented rules for the game. "This is what happens when..." The game was based a little on "Chutes and Ladders", where, if you landed on a column ending in the number "0", you got "elevated" to a higher level. If you landed on a column with a "1", like 11, 21, 31, etc., then you moved down a level, based on another set of rules. Thus, you were dropped by...gravity! The first one across the board, won.
After a round of that game, we began a more traditional Family Home Evening. Olivia and Will sang a quick rendition of "I am a child of God". So cute!!! Garrison offered a sweet and heartfelt prayer. They wanted to watch a movie. I asked them what kind of movie did they want to watch, keeping in mind that I was a missionary. They soon tamed their requests, realizing that I didn't have anything "normal", having to do with shooting, fighting, or blowing things up.
Thank goodness I remembered "Ephraim's Rescue"! I had bought the movie a few weeks ago. It was a safe movie to watch, and the boys seemed to interested in it. Unfortunately they didn't get to see the end because Zack and Abby returned (too soon). ;D
O yes, lest I forget, the hot chocolate and mattress wrestling prior to the movie. There's nothing like a good family wrestling match to bring us closer together! LOL. Well, you know what they say, "A family that plays and prays together, stays together!" I so appreciate FHE on Mondays. It's better that Monday Night Football!!
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