Monday, August 25, 2008

A Silly Monday

Our Monday started out like any other, but quickly turned silly after dinner. Kara was helping me do dishes. There were a few left so I let her do them all by herself (I'm so nice). Well, Kara is what you would call a "method actor" (I think). She likes to really get into character when doing something. She decided that if she was going to do dishes, she was going to look the part. She found Tyler's hat that he got from cafeteria duty at school (that's right, child labor is practiced in Hawaii. LOL). Put that on, used one of my pillow cases as an apron and got to work. Randy and I thought it cute and funny. We had to get a picture. She did a good job with the dishes as well.

After dinner we had FHE where everyone (except me of course), was just silly. Randy was leading the music and began doing hula actions while leading, which in turn got the boys to get up and copy him (BTW, the song was Love At Home). Picture that. The best was Micah's part. We have a segment that we changed from Activity to Article of Faith. We concentrate on one AOF a month, to help the kids learn it and remember it. We are on AOF #8. We played telephone to illustrate how important it is to have something be translated correctly. Here's how it went:

#1 mom - translate the bible
#2 micah - transulate the bible
#3 randy - transulated by the boy
#4 leigh - translated by the boy
#5 kara - travis is a bad boy
#6 tyler - the dark lord!

There you have it. The reason why it is important to translate things correctly. 

P.S. The kids have gotten creative with trying to figure out what to do when they've done their homework, and not watch TV. Since yesterday, they've been making towers (they call it) with the cards we have around the house. I'm surprised at how long they will do that. The tricky thing about making those is that in our house they fall easy because the house vibrates a lot. Why you ask. Well, in Hawaii, a lot of homes on the north shore are built on stilts like ours. So if you walk hard enough, the whole house vibrates. So everyone's been getting yelled at by each other to walk softer. LOL. Leigh's is a picture of what happens when the house vibrates.

9 comments:

The Bluths said...

How scary to have your house shaking. That would make me so nervous!

Malie said...

I went back and changed the word "shake" to "vibrates". It's not as bad as it sounds.

Jesmyluk said...

LOL Sounds like you guys had a fun FHE. What were your treats? LOL

shannen said...

What a great idea with the AOF - both to focus on one a month and then the telephone game for #8. You are so creative and I'm going to be totally "creative" and steal your idea ;o) Randy doing a hula dance to Love At Home does indeed conjure up some funny images! I know you always said he had a "wild" side - now it's a little easier to believe.

Malie said...

I copped out and just got some chips ahoy cookies. Last week it was sundaes (Tyler's idea).

Mark and Jessica said...

I'm so glad my kids aren't the only ones to do anything they can, be it watch TV or play outside or whatever to NOT do homework. I just can't understand why when most of the time if they try they can finish in no time and be done with the whole thing! Kids!!

Jenna said...

Those pictures just make me miss you guys! That is so funny about your house shaking. Maybe it's a good thing and will make your house quieter since everyone's walking softly. :) And i love the story about Randy--just a great follow-up to your comment on my blog. :) It's ALWAYS the quiet ones.

Kahanu said...

I love your activity for translating, it was so funny! I'll have to use that one. And I totally get the "vibrating" with the house I grew up in a house built on stilts.

jaordyna said...

What a cute family you guys have! I wish our kids could still walk down the street to hang out. It's good to see you (found you off Ashley's blog- feel free to look at ours)!
-Alyssa