What I have been up to lately

I am not one to decorate my house much for the holidays. I wish I were. I am going to try harder to do at least something little to show off the holidays in my house. So this is my attempt to bring Valentine's Day into my house. I made this and they are supposed to be balls that hang down from ribbon but, I ran out of fabric so this is how I compromised. It will do for now.I also needed something to keep track of FHE. Every week the kids are asking me who's turn it is to plan the lesson (BTW the big girls teach from their Personal Progress book and Tyler teaches from either Preach my gospel or his Faith in God booklet it makes things so easy around here.) This is what I came up with.

This is what my kids had a choice from for their dinner last night. Doesn't it sound tempting to eat. Natalie and I then threw together their bowls off of what they marked to eat. Whale blubber- Chicken gravy, white chocolate- rice, worms- chow mein noodles, squash- pineapple tidbits, dandelions- green onions, play dough- cheese, cherries- tomato's, grass- green pepper's, tires- sliced olives, caterpillars- chopped celery, angel hair- coconut, sun slices- Mandarin oranges, sticks- sliced almonds. Which ended up making Hawaiian Haystacks.

The kids had to eat what they ordered (which was the first time that none of my kids complained about eating things that they don't like). Tyler had to eat rice, cheese, olives, and green onions. None of which he liked but by the end he decided that he liked rice and olives. It was a fun way to switch things up a little.