Rise and Shine, Campers

I texted my son on February 2. "Rise and shine, camper. It's Groundhog Day!"

Then, "Bundle up (in your new coat) 'cause it's cold out there this morning."

Then, "It's cold out there every morning. What is this- Miami Beach?"

Then, "Not hardly." 

I gave him enough time to respond between each of my texts but he didn't so I had to do all the (paraphrased) quotes by myself. 

It's okay. 

For dinner, we had imitation groundhog burgers (black bean burgers) and potato wedges (instead of tater tots, even though it was Tater Tot Day). Mmmm. 

Celebrating with Food

November 2 was National Deviled Egg Day.

November 3 was Sandwich Day. We had sandwiches- whatever kind people wanted. Tuna, peanut butter, grilled cheese, whatever. Throughout the day, I repeated certain lines from Lilo and Stitch.

November 4 was King Tut Day. We made a pizza mummy. It was also National Candy Day. Yes, candy was eaten.

November 5 was Men Make Dinner Day. They did. There was dough left from the mummy braid from the day before so Jeremy made two pizzas and Jr. made orange rolls. Jr. Jr. and Lucky contributed with a couple things, too.

November 6 was Nachos Day.

 

30 Second Dance Party

One day, Jeremy and I were having a "not the best day."  I was in a funk, he was exhausted.  We were both just tired.  For family scripture study, we read from President Hinckley's quote book, "Stand a Little Taller."  Of course the subject for that day was "Enjoy Life."  The scripture that went along with the quote was Proverbs 17:22.  "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones."  President Hinkley's quote was, "In all of living have much fun and laughter.  Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured."
We had not been having much fun and laughter that day.  So after we read the scripture and quote, Jeremy asked if we knew what we had to do now to go along with scripture study.  What?
"30 second dance party!"  He immediately jumped up and started dancing and the kids joined in.  Lucky saw what was going on and got so excited, he squealed and joined in as well.

It lasted longer than 30 seconds since I had to run and grab the camera.  And it really lifted everyone's spirits.

Thank you, Jeremy, for adding something so helpful to go along with our scripture study.
I have the best husband.

Overheard in Primary

We had some fun in Primary last week.  I told my friend I would share some quotes we heard in Sharing Time.  Some of them are paraphrased.
The theme was "I am thankful for my body, and I know that it is a temple."

Our Primary President talked to the kids about having temples be clean and not dirty and one of the kids shared this thought.
Boy:  I think I know what the dirty temple is.  Satan's temple.

We were talking about being grateful for different things our bodies could do.  One boy mentioned having strong muscles to help people, my son mentioned being able to climb across the monkey bars.  The same boy from the first quote had something to share about that.
Boy:  One time I was playing on the monkey bars and I fell down and broke my arm... and I like to run.
Primary President:  Your arm healed.
Boy:  Yeah, because I drink lots of milk.

Here is another thing that was overheard toward the end.
Girl:  I didn't get to draw on my body.
Primary President:  Yes, you did, honey.
Taken out of context, it sounds pretty funny, but there is an explanation.
The children traced an outline of one child in each class then wrote things they were grateful for on those outlines.  One girl must not have been with her class during that part.

Here is another one that just sounds bad taken out of context.
Primary President:  You want to keep your ears on, otherwise it would be a bloody mess.
I think she was trying to get the kids to pay attention and asked them to give her their ears, which got some kids being silly talking about taking their ears off.

And at the end of it all, I had been giggling and talking to another presidency member through all of Primary.
Me:  I'm as bad as the kids today.

I love Primary.  I think I'll try to be extra reverent this week to make up for last week.  I'll let someone else write down the quotes as I am doing Sharing Time this week anyway.