photography lesson, a movie night, & "the big guy"

The camera was out the other day and Lily really wanted to take some pictures. I was sitting on my chair holding David, with Grace squished next to me and Adam trying hard to fit somewhere as well (a common picture lately). I thought it would be alright for Lily to give it a try - I told her what buttons to push and I think she did a pretty good job. Here is the result (with a little cropping)...


While making a trip to Wal-Mart the other day in an attempt to get out of the house for a change in scenery I found they had "The Sandlot" for only $5. Because I consider this movie a great classic with many quotable lines I had to get it. I decided that Friday we would have a Family Movie Night/Slumber Party. The kids loved this idea. Scott and I told them that we wouldn't be participating in the slumber party portion of the evening, but that the three of them could sleep in the family room together. They thought that was pretty great. The movie was a hit (except Grace is too wiggly and doesn't care much for watching TV) and we had a good time together. David even joined us at the end when he decided it was time to eat (again).

Lastly, we had a really fun Family Home Evening on Monday that I wanted to share. It was discovered last week that my older children didn't know the story of David and Goliath. Since the newest member of our family shares a name with this great Bible hero I decided this would be a fun story to share. That day I drew a picture of a big, ugly, mean-looking head and taped it up on the wall at 9 feet. This was supposedly how tall Goliath was (I have my doubts after seeing just how tall that really is - remember we believe the Bible so far as it is translated correctly). The kids were so intrigued all day, and I wouldn't tell them what it was about. It made them pretty excited for FHE to come. That night I told them to story and at one point I asked them who they think would win the fight - both answered that they were sure "the big guy" would win. When I explained that they were wrong and that David killed Goliath by using his sling shot and a pebble which hit Goliath in between the eyes they were pretty amazed (don't worry, I did throw in the part about having faith in the Lord). For the activity we each got a package of M&M's and pretended those were the pebbles that David used. We each took turns trying to hit our Goliath in between the eyes (I got the closest). They loved this - who wouldn't love throwing M&M's at the wall (if I were to do it again, I would use Skittles - the M&M's chipped and I don't think Skittles would). Then we talked about how we will meet problems that will seem as big as Goliath (this is were Scott threw in the line about us all having El Guapos in our lives - from "Three Amigos" - thanks Scott for helping with the story in such a productive way). It was a pretty fun Family Night and I was grateful for my little David to come and inspire such a good time! (Subsequently, the kids asked what happened to David from the Bible - I told them he became KING! and we left it at that....)

David is two weeks old today!