Things to Remember Week of 10-18-15

PATIENCE
I taught the Beehives the lesson on Patience.  It went okay... not really one of my favorites.  Didn't help that Bro. Jacox came in halfway through and made me all nervous.  He's actually really nice when he comes, but for some reason, I feel unnecessary pressure.  But the part I loved about the lesson was giving the girls their favorite treat and telling them that if they can go all week without eating it, they get another one next Sunday!  They were shocked I'd make them do that.  Seems reasonable!  We'll see how they do.  10-18-15

BLACK TRASH SPIDER
For FHE Charity taught a lesson on honesty.  We all have quotes we are supposed to memorize!  She did a nice job.  Then we finished making our spider!  Everyone was so into it and so excited about it- I just love it when we work together on things.  Makes my mommy heart happy. Luke chose drumsticks for the treat :).  10-19-15

PRODUCTIVE PLAYGROUP
I LOVED playgroup this week!!  In fact, ever since Jami started coming things have felt really different.  She adds this element of progress and moving forward that I love.  We talked a lot about our own routines with grocery shopping and with bedtimes and a couple other things.  I just came away feeling so motivated.  I feel like I"m not doing too bad.  There are many areas I can improve and felt motivated to do so, but it was nice to feel like I'm doing okay too.  She's good at that.  Everyone was really, it was so fun!  I loved it.  It was nice that Nate picked up the girls for me too!  10-21-15

FOOTBALL
This was Bradley's big goose egg game!  I will have to post the pics.  Once again, someone crashed into him with their head and he ended up with a golf ball on his forehead.  It was HUGE!!  Poor guy.  Didn't really get to play all that much.  Which really bummed me out because I had been skipping YW to watch him play!  Also, we ran into Lynell Craner at Football this week.  She had her big dog there... I can't think of what kind she was, but she just had six puppies eight weeks ago!!!  I loved talking to her.  She is so awesome.  So sweet!  And so generous.  We were so unprepared for the temps, and she offered everyone blankets to keep warm and then even sacrificed her chair so that I could leave Jack asleep on mine while I fed Molly.  Just a really kind person.  10-21-15

HIGHLIGHTS
Well, I did it!  I finally made the appointment, and went and got my hair did!  Took a lot of convincing, but I really like how it turned out.  There are moments I miss my old look, but this is actually somewhat refreshing for me.  I think because it's similar to how I used to do it... like TEN YEARS AGO!!  Can't believe it!!!.... it makes me feel younger :).  Nate keeps telling me he likes it, so he might like it too :).  Just kidding.  10-22-15

PORNOGRAPHY
We got to go to the Bishop's house for the pornography discussion.  Turned out to be really awesome.  I loved all the advice, I loved thinking about those things and planning how we can even better approach the subject with our kids.  I feel like we were able to set some new goals and make a plan for our family.  10-22-15

CHARITY DINNER
Charity has been making dinners this week for one of her Personal Progress requirements and it has been so nice!  I really appreciate having one less thing to stress about each afternoon! My favorite so far was her sweet and sour chicken!  Delicious! 10-22-15

ASSESSMENTS
I got to go help out in Erika's class Friday.  Doesn't happen as much as I'd like, but when it does, I get so happy!  The minute Erika sees me, she just jumps right up and comes running over to me like it's been years since we last saw each other.  Gives me the biggest hug ever!  And then runs back to her seat :).  It's fun to feel like a celebrity for a second :).  This week I did assessments with kids, having them tell me the first sound of words.  I was so glad to find out that Erika really is doing well!  Especially compared to some of the other kids.  I'm not worried about her picking it all up this year!  Makes me feel good.  10-23-15

HAUNTED CASTLE
Charity and Kelly, as part of the PTSA helped plan and create the school's haunted house!  They have worked so hard on their parts for several weeks now and especially crammed the last few days to get it all done.  They were so excited about it all.  Unfortunately, it didn't meet up to their expectations.  It was more frustrating for them than fun and because they ended it an hour early, Nate and the kids who had wanted to go, missed out!  That was a total bummer.  I feel bad because they really looked forward to it all.  But we did have a nice long talk about expectations and enjoying things for what they are and not being so hard to please.  They're good girls.  They were making plans for how they were going to do things differently next year :).  10-23-15

NO SCREENS
It's been a while since we had to put a ban on screens.  I guess with summer and all, the kids were better at playing outside.  Since it started getting a little colder and well, let's be honest, since Molly came and slowed things down at our house, the kids have been spending WAY TOO MUCH TIME on screens.  So I decided to make Saturday a no screen day.  Oddly enough the reward I chose (not that we needed a reward, just that I'd really been wanting to take them to see Inside Out since I was the only one who hadn't seen it yet :) ), was to go see Inside Out at the Kaysville Theater.  They all did great!  Even got jobs done and such!  I was so glad!  I think it took some thinking when it came to entertaining ourselves, but we did great!  And I LOVED the movie!  Just like Erika said I would :).  10-24-15