We listened to General Conference today from home. We positioned the coach in front of the computer, printed conference activity books for the children, put Charlton down for a nap, and got situated to listen to our prophet and apostles. Charlton woke up in the middle of the second session. I quickly gave him some food, and got back into watching conference. The activity books worked great for our kids, and Elijah and I were able to really listen and enjoy the word of God. Here are but a few of the many coloring pages and notes that our children worked on during conference:Gillian colored and kept many notes, but these pictures were my favorite.
James told me he wanted to use his imagination to color this picture of missionaries. There goes my Picasso!
Jefferson got tired of doing worksheets on the talks, and he had already colored his coloring pages during the first session, so he turned his attention to his favorite things to draw, cars, boats, and of course space ships.
When Elijah went to the priesthood session, I took the children to the park. A bunch of my friends had come up with this great idea of having the kids play and run at nearby playground around the time that our husbands attended their meeting. This was so good for all of us, breathing some fresh air, talking and letting the children talk, especially after telling them to be quiet during the first half of the day. Afterward, we got to go to Yogurtland and try some yummy frozen yogurt. We all enjoyed eating the different flavors, except for Jefferson, who had mixed them all up in one cup. This is very funny to me, because Jefferson is the one child in my household who doesn't like things mixed together. In an attempt to try every flavor, he had gotten some of each in his cup. It was okay in the beginning when the ice cream was still frozen, but when it started to melt it looked disgusting, and I'm sure it tasted disgusting as well. Oh, well, I hope he learned his lesson for next time. Here are some pictures of our kids enjoying ice cream and each other (I especially like the pictures of the little ones):
