Weekend Events

We told the girls no birthday parties after age 8, so this year Lauren invited 2 friends to ride the bus home with her, watch a movie and eat dinner with us. Lauren planned a little game with the girls and had them make hair bows together. They watched the Hannah Montana movie, and played a marshmallow game. When it was Lauren's turn, she ended up spooning marshmallows all over the room. So cute. I'm pretty sure Lauren turned this playdate into a birthday party, right under our noses.
*One funny thing...after the movie I suggested that the girls go outside and play. One of the girls said her mom won't let her play outside because she's afraid her daughter will get kidnapped. I know the mom, and I believe she told her that. Craaaazy.

Landon made some homemade pickles a week or so ago. They get better with age, and they're soooo yummy right now. We used pickling cucumbers that we got from Bountiful Baskets (that food co-op). These pickles are so much better than store-bought cucumbers.

Today I did my first sharing time since 2000 when I was last in the Primary Presidency. Junior sharing time was worse than I imagined, and I imagined it pretty bad. I just don't have it in me to use a little baby voice to talk to the thirty 3 year olds and twenty 4 year olds. When I showed them a DVD of a scripture story (from the Church-produced scripture DVDs...no Living Scriptures from me!) they were in a trance. Unfortunately, I chose one that was only 2 minutes long. I will choose a longer one next time. Senior sharing time was wonderful. It's like the difference between an insane asylum and a college classroom. Night and day. I get more opportunities to improve my methods next week and the week after.