So when Monday rolled around, I asked Husband Man to plan a lesson. He mentioned that he wanted to create a little book of pictures of family members for Gummy Bear, so he could have a book to see all the people related to him. I printed some off at Walmart when I went grocery shopping, and bought a little album for the pictures to go in. I was super excited about a FHE about families, especially since that is a big part of Primary this year as well.
That night we sang "Families Can Be Together Forever", and said a prayer. (That's how you know FHE has started off right!) Then we put Gummy Bear in my lap, and Husband Man started putting pictures in the album. He held the first one up--one of all three of us--and said "Who is this?" I pretended to answer for GB, and pointed to the people and said who they were. We had a picture of Husband Man and I when we got married, a picture of HM's older sister and her family, HM's little sister and her hubby, my sisters and brothers, and our parents and grandparents (GB's grandparents and great-grandparents). Then we sang the "I love daddy, he loves me, we love mommy yes-sir-ree" song a couple times, and closed with a prayer.
I loved doing this activity with Gummy Bear. He was actually attentive (which was really weird, he's not known for sitting still) and smiled when Husband Man held up each picture. The only thing I want to add is a picture of just Gummy Bear, and also a picture of Christ, because He is in our home as well. (It was also kind of a bummer because I didn't look at all the photos before I left Walmart, so in the photo of my little brother he only had half a face... So we have to reprint a couple pictures.) Now GB has a little book that he can look at (and hopefully we can keep him from eating it) during church or whenever to learn more about his family!
