I Have a Bobbum!

The boys and I had Family Home Evening tonight for the very first time. I'd been at kind of a loss as far as lessons and activities go; what do you do with kids that can't sit still for more than about 45 seconds? I decided I'd practice my nursery lesson on them. The lesson is called "I Have a Body." It delves into body parts: arms, legs, hands, feet, et cetera. It also talks about keeping our bodies healthy. We didn't get to that part. Maybe we'll do that next week. For today, we just pointed to our noses, eyes, bellies, and, Drew's favorite, our "bobbums." He knows so much about that particular body part, because I'm often reminding him to sit on his bottom rather than trying to stand on his chair at the table or stand up in the bathtub.

The lesson went well; it lasted about two minutes, then we played ring-around-the-rosies for about 4 minutes, which is actually much longer than my attention span usually lasts for that game. It's getting too hard to "fall down" and stand back up again. But the boys love it. When they fall down, they really go all out. They plunk themselves down onto their bobbums, then they proceed to throw their whole selves onto the ground so they're just laying there laughing hysterically. And when they get back up to play again, they always giggle as they hold hands and walk in the circle. It makes it worth it to tire myself out a little, because they're having so much fun.