Monkey Ball

, a photo by mom4k12 on Flickr.

Moroni wanted to play Boom Blox, but alas, the disk bit the dust. He's played it so often that the Wii can't read it anymore (it might also have something to do with the ton of scratches from him not putting it away). He was devastated. He called it "Monkey Farm" so I thought he might like playing Monkey Ball (for the Game Cube). We inserted the game and found a couple of Cube controllers and away we went. He would get nervous if the ball was going to roll off the edge. Eventually it was too much so he relinquished the controllers to Ben and Sam. They had a lot of fun with an old game.

Bowling

July7b, a photo by mom4k12 on Flickr.

This year Moroni is strong enough to lift the balls himself onto the ramp. He didn't quite get 'taking turns' and so had a heart attack when every other time wasn't his turn. Fortunately Adam tuckered out and he got to finish off Adam's game so he got to play each time in between Sam and Ruth.

Families

For Family Home Evening we've had our children covering topics found in For the Strength of Youth. Rachel covered "Family" last night. We've been trying to get them to gear it towards the little kids, but so far they've just read out of the pamphlet and some of the scriptures that go with it.

Rachel was quite creative last night. She decided to interview the different kids for their definition of a family and end in a group hug. The results were funny, cute and thoughtful. Here are her results:

Moroni (3): Family? Family is a herd of a family. Is a run of a family.

Ruth (5): It means we have a lot of kids, we have a mom and a dad and one of us is part of this family of mom's and dad's from birth.

Sam (7): Your brothers and sisters and mom and dad. There were two people on earth, Adam and Eve, who had a family ad one of the kids gets married, has a family and it keeps going on and on. All of the families are forever.

Ben (9): People that love. I think family should be nice to each other and having a family is nice and without a family... I don't know what would happen.

Mary (11): People that you grow up with.

Rachel (12): The interviewer - After interviewing everyone I had a little time to think, hearing what everyone thinks about the *word* family is like knowing what they think of *their* family. 'Cause we speak from experience and it's a hard thing to talk and think about since we are still experiencing it. You only have on family so it's nice to think about how much you appreciate it.

Rebekah (14): Basic social unit consisting of a parent and child; also eternal.

Joseph (15): People you're born with. And some are adorable children and others are nice too.

Kissing Boys

Ruth (4): I kiss boys a lot, but only if I have lipstick.

Sleeping

While my kids sleep an average amount of time, it seems like about half of the pictures I ever take are of them sleeping. Sometimes it's the funny way/spot they fell asleep. But sometimes, like in this photo, it just an ahhhhh moment... the kind that melts a mother's heart.