Ft. Douglas Museum

We took our preschool class to the Ft. Douglas Museum - this picture kills me...

Saturday Morning

Isn't this what Saturday mornings are for?

Preschool Experiments

April was my last month to teach preschool - we had fun with a few experiments...

Volcano

You can do a lot with worms. In this experiment, we placed a dry paper towel on one end of a dish and a wet paper towel on the other end...

The worms eventually inched their way to the wet side. We also covered one side with dark paper, and the worms inched their way into the dark side.

Put some baking soda inside a balloon. Fill a plastic bottle with a little vinegar. Fit the balloon over the bottle opening and...voila!...the balloon expands!

Daddies work. Mommies go to meetings.

Dad: Ok, see you guys later.

Andrew: Are you going to work?

Dad: Yep.

Andrew: Does mommy go to work?

Dad: No, mommy gets to stay home with you guys.

Andrew: Yep, mommies just go to meetings.

Andrew is starting to figure out life and how things operate - he cracks me up! I try to avoid talking about my church callings in this blog, but frankly, it's a big part of my family's life. During the past 6 1/2 (consecutive) years of living in student wards, I've been in a presidency of some kind. I just recently got called as Relief Society president. I think it's my bossy-get-it-done-excessively-social personality that keeps me in these positions (I certainly don't campaign for them). Sometimes I wonder at the purpose of it all, why Heavenly Father calls me, and sometimes I'm tired of the meetings and the constant work that goes along with it. But then there are the blessings...my family and I have been blessed beyond measure and I have rubbed shoulders with amazing women that have taught and continue to teach me so much. I am just grateful for Randy and the boys that support me and understand that mommy has to go to meetings.

And, oh mercy, there are a lot of them.