(*Small Edit* I just added a baseball picture of Pete and Taylor I forgot about when I first did my post!)
Isn't it the little things that make up life's big things? We have been trying to focus more on those little things that really do make life better. It is strange when your kids get older and suddenly they are more aware of the life around them and also that as a parent, you are more aware that they are more aware!! That can be a scary thought!!
Family Home Evening is something that our religion highly encourages us to do. Typically to be held on Monday evenings, but of course, any night that the whole family can get together is perfectly fine. We are encouraged to spend time teaching our children values and also doing activities that build family unity. My friend recently did a post about something their family did for fun on a FHE night....building structures out of marshmallows and toothpicks! (thanks for the idea, Jodi!) My kids loved it and want to do it again! We still opened with a prayer and a song and then just had fun building. Austin was hilarious putting bazillions of toothpicks in his marshmallow person that he stole from me...it looked like an abominal (sp?) porcupine. Here is just a sampling of our works of art! This is a great activity for all you people with little ones and don't know what to do. (big people like it too!)
about fifty more toothpicks were added to Austin's creation above!
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Last week I caught some pictures of a little baseball action in the street. I loved how Austin knew just exactly how he was suppose to stand when holding a bat! I love his little fishy pants too!
