Well, we have done it every Monday night since the new year, and that makes me so happy! The kids love it, I love it, Keith loves it, and we feel GOOD about it. We take the time to see what issues we need to be working on and work that into the lesson for the night. Sometimes, when I work Keith has to do it by himself with the kids, but other nights he has brought them in the room with me if work is not so crazy, and I am able to listen in and participate a bit.
Our activities range from coloring a picture that goes along with the lesson, to working together on a project, to cleaning the bedroom! I encourage you all to try it, it has really become a nice thing that we do, and I wish we would have started sooner! There are lots of things I wish we did as a family as far as spiritual things, but I know that baby steps are better then no steps at all, and doing FHE every week is for sure a step in the right direction!
One of my favorite activities for FHE that we have done so far were making these mini pizzas. I found the crusts at WalMart, we cut up a bunch of healthy toppings, and the kids were able to make and eat their own healthier version of our favorite snack. Something you could easily do any time of the week, but when you add an opening song and prayer, and tie it in to eating healthy and making right choices for your body, voila! An instant FHE lesson!
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I love the idea of turning choosing your pizza toppings into an FHE lesson! Having FHE is something that I struggle with, too. It's on my list of things to try to be better at.
Are those crusts frozen? It looks like something we might try, especially since I just got a new pizza peel for Christmas! Looks yummy for the tummy. Love. Dad
The crusts we found near the pizza sauce in the spagetti (a)isle(??). The are like boboli, but much more simpler, they have larger ones too. And seriously, we like it just as much as take out, b/c we get to put as many toppings as we want, and it is no where near as greasy!
We need to start doing FHE too. I've always wanted to do it religiously, but I seem to fail every time we start.
What a great idea for an FHE lesson. I still remember making homemade pizza's at your house, one of the few times we came over. I think of your family every time I so much as even think about making homemade pizza.
Oh my goodness! LOL! I remember that too, that was fun! We must love our homemade pizza, hehe, now I just need to learn how to make my own crust instead of buying it from the store!
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