Yesterday:

I hear Saxton groan loudly at Nathan and say, "Don't say that!  That's my motto!"
(Mad Skill and Determination  is what Nathan said, probably in response to a question like, "how did you do that?)
Ellie:  "You don't own those words"
(I was giggling in the other room.  Sometimes, I enjoy kid arguments.  Before they escalate to violence.)

We played a board game last night, Zarahemla.  Miracle:  We made it through the whole game, no one threw a fit, and we had lots of fun!  They are old enough to last!   Yay.

Tonight:

Family home evening:

Song: Brinley

Silly Song was "A pumpkin is a pumpkin", a fun song Grandma Sue sings with her dancers around Halloween.  You sit around in a circle to sing it, and tickle everyone at the end!
Pretty Song:  "Families can be Together Forever", with sign language!  The three in Primary showed off to dad what they have learned and stood and signed both verses.  They did great!  The Song leader in Primary allowed the children to write their first and last names on her skirt if they could sign the first and last verses of the song.  I was happy that our three children got both of their names on the skirt just in time! 

Lesson:  Ellie
Ellie played different music clips for all of us and asked us each how we felt during them.   One of the clips she played was from Harry Potter, and we all let ourselves get creeped out a little bit as we focused on the music (especially Levi)!  During the hip hop song, all the children got up and danced.  Levi had so much fun bopping around between them all.  They were each vying for the attention of their parents with their new and crazy moves.  So fun.
Then Ellie read the section on music in the For the Strength of Youth pamphlet and testified and commented throughout.  She is a great teacher.

Activity:  Saxton
We played the sock game, where we all crawl around on hands and knees and try to take socks off each other while keeping our own on.  We got through two rounds with just some minor scuffles and lots of laughs.

Treat:  Nathan

He asked me to pick up bat brownies at the store.  They are a seasonal thing that I found for soccer treats the other day, and he wanted them again today.  They are cheap and sort of gross (like you feel like you are eating a whole lot of preservatives and hydrogenated vegetable oil), but it was an easy treat.  It was a major trial for Levi today, as he saw me purchase them at the store and had to wait many hours to have one.  We learned from the box of these goodies that 1 in every 5 mammals is a bat.  It kind of freaked me out.  We are way outnumbered!

I know.  Gross Picture.
Here is one of a toad seeking revenge on the gargantuan mammalian populace:

It is gross too, but a funny gross.

Happy Halloween!