"Gingerbread Pirates"

Jack read a book in kindergarten a few weeks ago. He's been talking about this book, this activity, this "amazing thing" everyday since.

It's called "Gingerbread Pirates." His teacher let me borrow it so I could see for myself why he loves it so much. And, it's adorable. It's every bit as awesome as he made it out to be.

Today, this book, this activity, this "amazing thing" happened. My boy loved it. (He did get very frustrated though every time he tried to decorate a pirate because his left hand would accidentally rub across his frosting and mess up his design. Being left handed is hard.)

Our cookies, pirate cookies, for Santa won't just be left over ones that we've been given as treats from family and friends this year. We actually did the hard work ourselves. 

Turns out this activity was an "amazing thing."

"So I get to build a stable?"

Jack was interested when I said let's build something.

Afton was excited about coloring.

Jocelyn was napping.

I just needed a quiet activity to keep them busy while the baby slept and possibly could keep them from killing each other as they had tried to do all morning.

Saturday is a Special Day

My kids have been singing this song over and over since church last Sunday. 

So, I asked why it really is such a special day?  Why do we need to do so much on Saturday to help us get ready for Sunday? 

They looked at me and couldn't exactly answer, other than quoting the song. I wanted them to explain it in their own words. 

They couldn't. So we had an FHE on it. 

I made this little activity. It had a picture of someone resting on one side, along with an important scripture. On the other side were some reasons as to why we "REST" on the Sabbath day. 

First, we sang the song. Then, we read the scripture. Then, I mixed up the pictures so they had to put them in the proper order to form a picture. Once they did that, we talked about how that picture could connect to the scripture we read in Exodus. After that, the kids had to flip over each part of the picture puzzle to read the things we can do on the Sabbath to help us  keep it a reverent and spiritual day.  

The kids enjoyed this activity, except for trying to keep Jocelyn from ripping the puzzle pieces every chance she got.