LOVE

FHE a couple of weeks ago was on love. We sang "Love One Another," showed them a picture of Jesus and talked (briefly) about how much he loves us and how we should try to love others like He does.
Then we sat in a big heart made of masking tape on the ground and talked about all the people we love. The boys love for us to go through the list of family members and ask them: "Do you love ________ ?" They always answer yes with cute little smiles and giggles. So we went through the whole list: Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, everyone. You are all VERY loved!
We then made sugar cookies (no milk) into heart shapes. Although it ended up as a bit of a mess, it was so worth it b/c the boys had tons of fun. I don't think we actually made too many hearts though!



While we are on the subject, the boys also love to say "I love you, ______ ." Doesn't matter who it is, they love to say it. They have also learned to sign "I love you," well...kind of. It actually looks a lot more like "west-side," but they sure do like to do it. It's just been in the last couple of months that they will randomly come up to me, and say "I wub oo, momEEEE" with a big kiss or hug or occasionally the I love you sign. I just love it.

FHE in all it's glory

So...FHE with two 10 month old boys can be rather interesting. We are determined, however to do SOMETHING! We don't ever want them to remember not having FHE. I know, I know...lofty goal, but goals are supposed to stretch you, right? So, lately we have been trying to have FHE with the boys (instead of after they go to bed). Basically, one of us tries to hold both boys



while the other picks a picture out of the gospel library and explains it to them in two minutes or less. It's pretty rare that they last the whole two minutes. Sometimes they barely last a few seconds. So, this last Mon., we decided to end with a fun activity. At least, we thought the boys would find it fun. Turns out it wasn't quite as big a hit as we had hoped. We took them out onto our courtyard and let them have at a big pile of flour. They basically just stared at it. Noah kept trying to get it off of him. Once we added some water though, they both found it a bit more interesting, although then they just kept trying to eat it....oh, the memories!