The Perfect Family Night

We all know how inexplicably wonderful getting your whole family together for an activity can be.  We all know how super easy it is to get them to sit still long enough to have an in-depth gospel discussion.  And we all know how marvelous it is to make food that everyone agrees on and no one complains or makes rude comments about.

Are you feeling the sarcasm yet?

Well,  I have to admit that this week was an (almost) perfect family night!

It was one of those times when all the stars were aligned, all the kids were cheerful AND helpful, and the fates smiled down upon us. 

I needed to record it for posterity because I fear it may never happen again.

First, we began with the activity - it was just about to rain and we didn't want to miss out!  Lilly saw some silly string at the dollar store a few days earlier and in a moment of inspiration planned the family activity. (Thankfully it was her turn to do so!) 

It was World String War I - every man or woman for herself!

When we finally ran out of string and it started to rain, we moved the party inside for a lesson.

We learned about the Sabbath Day.  We learned a new song about the Sabbath.  And we made a poster of fun things we can do on Sunday to keep the Sabbath holy.

It went extremely well.  Maybe there was some inspiration in having the run around activity first...

And finally, we replenished our sugar stores with some home-made microwaved S'mores!  YUM!

I am still in awe that it all went so well:)