New Year FHE

This year I decided to start the year right with my little family and to kick off with all our dreams and goals. I got the idea for this FHE from Shauna at My Mix of Six: New Years FHE.

In the morning, I pulled out piles of old magazines (the Friend, the Liahona, and a few decorating and cooking) and called the children to the table. We then spent a better part of New Year's Day morning cutting and pasting and talking about our goals and dreams. It was so fun! Then I helped them write their goals in French on the back of their collages. We used big square scrapbooking paper. I was only able to scan a portion of each one but here they are!

Alex dreams of having a dog and learning to draw comic book style. He wants to work hard in school and go on more bike rides with his dad. He'd love to take up basketball again and wants to write letters regularly to his three older cousins who are serving missions!

Elena is a girl after my own heart because almost all of her goals included learning to make something homemade! But she would also love to take piano lessons, keep her room tidy and have her own pet goldfish! Aie aie aie! Lots of talk about animals!

Gabriela wants to eat lots of tomatoes, lots of clementines and strawberries, play with tape and participate more in Primary. Oh! She also wants to learn to make a tomato salad and have a bunny (not pictured). Aie aie aie, more talk of animals!

Here's me! I'd love to keep up our trilingual efforts in our home, talk on the phone more regularly with family, invite my children's friends over more often, keep up my blog and organize my time more wisely. I'd also like to put my garden back in shape in the spring and pray and be closer to my Heavenly Father.

Sam sent me his goals in a private email the following morning!!

In the evening we did the lesson that Shauna mentions in her post: Using Time Wisely. I shortened and modified it to meet the needs of my children. We talked about priorities and fun things to do. The salt and rock experiment (also explained in the lesson Using Time Wisely) was a huge hit with my kiddos, especially Alex, and they still talk about it every day and apply the principle! I'm so excited about this! It's going to be a great year - I can feel it!


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