Ogre Mountain temple

Tonight, we drove past the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. When I pointed it out to Elsa, she asked if Ogres lived in there. You know, the Ogre temple.

Spider

The last few months I have been playing with Elsa with my hand as "Spider." He has a different voice and often if I revert to my normal voice she exclaims,"That is not you, Spider!" She has loved talking with my Spider. She loves squashing my Spider and then kissing it. She loves to hold me and then throw me up into the air. Sometimes I get stuck up there and she has to pull on me to get unstuck from the air.

She also loves to put Spider on her head to walk around and then (looking very sneaky) turn her head so I fall off. Elsa will pick me up and give me a kiss which will always either bring him back to life or make Spider very happy and jump all over the place.

She is very cute when Spider crawls up her arm and onto her shoulder on the way to her head. She is so squirmy! Sometimes Spider will crawl towards her feet and she will laugh and try to get Spider off.

One time she was upset and would not speak to Daddy or to Mommy. When Spider came around she held my hand and then Spider and Elsa were friends. Mommy and Daddy were still not welcome though.

Andy was reading scriptures when Joseph asked, "Mama, is this really all in English?"

Elsa spent the whole time telling me to be quiet so she could listen.

Underground Habitats

We are learning about underground habitats. When I asked the kids to draw an underground habitat, Elsa drew a donkey under the ground. I think she missed something somewhere. She is only two.

Joseph's underground habitat was fantastic! He drew John Muir holding a magnifying glass standing above an underground habitat that included ants, prairie dogs and a mole. I think Joseph got the lesson.

Scriptures

Andy was reading the scriptures this evening when Joseph asked me, "Mama, is this really all in English?"

Elsa spent the whole time telling me to be quiet so she could listen.

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Joseph personally put all of the plates, glasses, etc and then made cool designs on the table.
Elsa played Happy Birthday with this candle which we lit and then sang Happy Valentines Day to You and then she blew them out and then would ask us to light another candle.
Joseph and Elsa sitting down to watch the fireworks.
A flower firework.

Happy Chinese New Year! It is also Valentines day and most especially, our anniversary.

Celery Experiment

We were learning about plants in science and we decided to create blue celery. It worked!

Elsa riding Daddy

The following is Elsa dictating the caption for this picture. "I like Daddy taking me on a ride when I say giddy up giddy up. He let me be on top of him to decorate him. I love decorating Daddy. I love taking rides on Daddy because he loves me so much."

Family Home Evening and Prayers

This evening we talked about sharing in our Family Home Evening. Joseph came up with a game where he wrapped jewels in layers of foil. We listened to a Valentine's Day song which when it stopped, the person holding the gift got to open that layer and keep the gift. What a sweet boy to have such a great idea!

Elsa insisted on saying both the opening and closing prayers as usual. The highlight of these prayers is that she promised Heavenly Father two cakes because she loves Him.

Monday Night Trip to Egypt