At-Home Primary

Josh got sustained today as the new Young Men's President. I know he'll do a great job. He loves to work with the boys, and they love him. Our kids both have coughs and colds, so I'm home with everyone today. I can't stand it when we go to church on Sunday and then the kids "magically" come down with some sickness on Tuesday and are out for a good week. I decided to do my part in not infecting the entire primary with our germs. You're welcome!

We had "At-Home Primary" today. Here was our little outline :

Opening Prayer: Yaks (he blessed the food, eventhough there wasn't any)
Opening Song: Nephi's Courage (with actions - don't get too close to us when the chorus is being sung, they'll accidentally put your eye out! "I will GO, I will DOOO!")
Article of Faith: Boo (#1) Boo was supposed to recite this in Primary today, so this was a nice way to let her do her part.
Scripture: Yaks (1 Nephi 3:8)
Lesson: Mom - The Wise Man, and the Foolish Man
We started with a coloring page, which the kids enjoyed a lot, especially since I discovered our misplaced ziplock bag of markers! Oh, happy day!



We watched a little Powerpoint presentation that some creative person put together to teach the song.

Then we cut out our little figures and retold the story/song.

Boo's Foolish man was also foolish in dressing in head-toe pink!
Note how the wise man is proudly modeling his coat of many colors.

Speaking of dress codes, we obviously didn't have much of one with our at-home Primary.
Yaks is shirtless, as usual.

We had a little object lesson by flooding this "house" with rocks and sand (sugar).

The kids were very impressed with the "science" demonstration.
Yaks did make a valid point that the "sand house sure tastes good!"

The kids loved it! It's definitely not the ideal, but it is possible to worship on Sunday (with kids), even though we're not physically at church. Here's hoping for a healthy week!