Today is…Wednesday Oct 27, 2010
(Haaaaappppppppppyyyyyyyy Haaaallllloooooowwwwweeeeeennnnnn!!!! Very soon.)
We looked at our Gospel Picture:
Enos praying. And we talked about how Heavenly Father hears our prayers and will answer them as we pray in faith.
We prayed. (“Whoops, you forgot, didn’t you mom?” Yes, I did. —We usually pray first to start our learning time on the right note, and then move on to our picture and message)
We looked at our Morning Message (why does capitalizing that make it feel so much more official?):
Note the Hallowe’en bling from our party last night: light stick and slinky.Very precious.
Ettin worked on Galoot’s chair:
And then he worked on our message Message with us:
Then we bundled up and went off to the gym.
But alas:
There was no gym. Another Ward was setting up for their Hallowe’en party, so we went back home. Ettin was not happy to be taken back inside.
I tried to sweeten the deal with stories:
And then…PUMPKIN CARVING!!!
(I may have been more excited about it than the boys.)
Giant got a knife for himself and a spoon for Ettin, so Giant could cut and Ettin could take out the guts:
Thanks Giant.
I’m sure Ettin was honoured:
But not very impressed (that’s Ettin’s finger hesitating at the top of the pumpkin. I think he took a scoop with his spoon and then went for the knife. Which I promptly removed to the kitchen sink until I was ready to use it again).
Giant didn’t really like the guts either:
But he did like colouring the face of his Jack-O-Lantern:
And so did Ettin:
We finished up our pumpkins:
And then got on to the most important part of pumpkin carving, the SEEDS!
Yum!
Then the boys did Independent play (trains!) while I made muffins for lunch (and was reminded that 1 tsp of baking soda really makes a difference in how muffins turn out):
After Ettin and Galoot went down for Naps, Giant declared he wasn’t feeling very good and soon followed:
And I blissfully read my book quietly by myself.
Until Giant threw up.
And Ettin woke up.
And Galoot woke up.
And they all needed to be held.
(quiet alone time is short-lived in the life of a mom. Thankfully, I love being a mom)