Just wanna be kids

We are no longer family 7 but Patrice Lumumba! The 8 families from the new grade had their house naming ceremonies last Sunday. A few weeks ago each kid in the family was given a person to researc and then the family was to pick the one for their family. My girls picked Patrice Lumumba.

I'e had such a geat time lately with my family (this has been a trend throughou my time here). Every night each family has a family tme where they talk about various topic and have activities. Most of the time they're pretty boring. I'm been enjoing thinking about creative family times. Last Thurday, I led a family time on things you can do when you get sad. Some of the ideas they suggested were to play sports, spend time alone, sing, read a book, and many more. I told them that I like to learn new things. I then taught them how to make paper fortune tellers...and let me tell you...they loved it! One of the other volunteers explained it real well. Many of them didn't get a chance to experience many of the things that other kids and teens get the opportunity to explore. It was fun to watch them construct the fortune tellers. The next day I saw them paying with them and teaching others! I'm excited to come up with other creative activities. I'm thinking of the things that we a big part of my children and teen years to expose these kids to. Next week, I'm working on creating a scavenger hunt for the kids