FHE

Phoebe is our default FHE conductor. She just assumes that giving everyone the agenda for the evening is her responsibility...and she loves it. 

"Welpum to faminy night!" she'll announce. "I'm going to choose the song..."

Of course she's going to choose the song (like there's any other option).

"...and Mommy is going to say the prayer. I choose...Once There Was a Snowman!"

She used to always choose How Much is That Doggy in the Window, but we told her it had to be a primary song. Technically, Once There Was a Snowman is a primary song. It's just not a very reverent one.

So we sang that song while she twirled around in circles, shaking her little egg shaker, and having the time of her life. When it was time to get ready for prayer, she ran over to kneel by Daddy. 

She's so glad he's home!

He's made dinner, he's run to the store, he's done the dishes, he's done laundry, he's put Phoebe to bed...he's kicked children out of my "office" so I can have dedicated work time (in the middle of the day...I have so much work to catch up on it's not even funny!). It's been wonderful having him home! 

After prayer Phoebe announced we were going to sing a surprise second song. "I'm a child of God and He has sent me here, has given me an earthly home," she said. "Because it's reverent!"

She's never sure where titles cut off and lyrics begin (you should hear her ask us to sing the ABCs). And in addition to convincing her that song choices should come from the primary song book, we've tried to convince her that the opening prayer should be somewhat of a reverent song (a critique she's received with mixed results).

Anyway, we sang I Am a Child of God but with her egg shaker and twirling routine, it wasn't terribly reverent. 

Alexander gave the underwear thought. Zoë gave a lesson about Easter. 

And then we read D&C 55, which Andrew pointed out is very applicable to my area of study because it's regarding the "selecting and writing books for schools in this church, that little children also may receive instruction." Interesting...now I want to go find those original books and see what they were like.