We tried something new for conference. The kids each had a set of pictures of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the 12 that we had used earlier in the week for a matching game at FHE. They put them on popsicle sticks and decorated a podium (paper cup). As the speakers came up they found the speaker and stuck it into the podium. The really enjoyed it and we'll probably make it a tradition. Their decorated podiums were my favorite part of course. Emily drew a picture of the temple and wrote, "I am going thur sum day". I LOVE sound spelling! 
Kelsie gave a talk at the Activity Days Recognition Night. She wrote the talk herself, memorized it while she was at school that day, and did a marvelous job of giving the talk that night. She got up in front of all the parents and girls and didn't even seem nervous at all. I am still baffled at how she does that. We are proud of her. She sure is growing up. I can't beleive she'll be 9 in a couple of months.
Emily loves to draw, color, write, create...you get the drift. She spend hours coloring and has an impressive portfolio that takes up half of her room. Recently she has started drawing pictures for each of my preschoolers and leaving them in their cubbies for them to find when they come to school. They love it and a couple of kids have written notes back to her which she just loves! Carter has been struggling with using nice words. He has quite an extensive vocabulary but likes bathroom words best. We had a lesson about this and talked about how we can't put our words back in once they are said, even if we feel bad later (John had a really great tube of toothpaste object lesson). He has taken it to heart and walks around telling us "you can't put that word back in". And gives us a very disapproving look.
His favorite is to reprimand me every time I tell him he's going to go to time out. He gets very upset and tells me that I can't put that word back so I shouldn't say that to him. At least he's thinking about it. We're all about baby steps right now.
Matson waved at me! He has been watching us wave and trying to move his arm up and down. The other night I walked into the room and he greeted me with a wave. Maybe it was just a fluke but it made my whole week!
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Such cute kids, Andrea! I need to give a lesson about words at my house. One little boy in particular thinks poop is the funniest word ever. Nice. Oh, little boys.
What was the tube of toothpaste lesson?
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