primary program

We had our ward's Primary Program last Sunday and E tried her best to entertain everyone. I'm not sure if she sang more than 10 words the entire time but she did yawn voraciously, pick her nose, come off the stand to get a tissue to blow her nose, and at one point had both her hands inside her dress doing a chicken dance. 

She did recite her part perfectly and did the actions to the songs 45% of the time (always on a 10 second delay).

She lost out on Rookie of the Year to the boy in her Sunbeam class who recited the Thirteenth Article of Faith from memory, but I think she came in a close 6th.

I snapped this super sneaky pic of her yawning (yes, we were on the front row--not by choice). It almost looks like she's singing loud and paying attention. Let's just pretend she is.

fhe fail

The other day Abe came over to play and I found him admiring some coloring E had done. The day before E and I had held our decidedly, sub-par, weekly family night. Our lessons generally bounce back and forth between sharing and personal space. Last week, I branched out and we talked about the prophet. After which, I printed a picture of the President Monson for her to color. From the hair to the nose it looks remarkably accurate, at which point she took some artistic liberty and added purple chin and multi-colored moustache.

Anyways, after watching Abe admire the picture, I was feeling quite proud of myself and asked him, "Would you like to color a picture of the Prophet also."

The enthusiasm with which he responded should have tipped me off.

Still feeling decidedly smug about my great FHE lesson and clearly effective parenting skills, I printed a two copies, one for each of them. After a while I overheard them talking about monsters, I listened more carefully,

Elie, "Mine is a scary monster with pink eyes that came into my bedroom and scared me."
Abe, "My monster is even scarier. When I sleep, he tickles my back and eats me."
Elie, "Me can fight monsters all by myself 'cause me brave."
Abe, "If I see a monster I kill it by myself."

When you color it like that, I guess it does look like a monster. I didn't display this one.