Punch Board FHE

Our Family Home Evening tonight was a pretty good representation of life around these parts lately: loud and tantrum-filled. I'm pretty sure we're all just sick and tired of wintery weather and could use a full week of sunshine and warmth. Instead, we're bundling up and getting ready for a hard freeze that will probably kill all the buds on my fruit trees. *sob* Stupid Indiana late freezes.

Anyways.

I was in charge of the activity for FHE. At first I thought we'd go on a long family walk. But with the wind chill? No thanks. So I decided to do the punch board game instead. Everyone loves the punch board, right?

No. Not everyone loves the punch board. Little 4 year old girls who are tired and grouchy and upset with life, the universe, and everything - and who do not like chocolate now - (whose daughter is this?!?!??!) - they do not like the punch board. Or life. Or the universe. Or anything.

Just keepin' it real with pictures of Tess falling apart. And Lance and Spencer in the background with looks of "Really? Again?" on their faces.

Cole liked the punch board. So much so that I couldn't get a clean shot of him.

Great form, though.

Josh REALLY liked the punch board because he got one of the candy bars. Yeah, that candy bar is a year old. You're welcome to it, Joshie. (I'm all about cleaning out the old candy stash for the punch board game.)

Despite being a to-cool-for-school 12 year old, Spencer got into the punch board. Because candy. That is the magic of the punch board!

Tess tries again.

And fails. (Well, she didn't fail. The punch board did.) ((Wait, I take that back. The punch board never fails!))

I ran out of FHE questions, so I asked Cole to recite the months of the year in order, and then the colors of the rainbow in order. No problemo. Then I asked Josh to tell me the planets in order. Problemo. Fortunately, his little brother was there to help him out.

Then Spencer needed to recite the Scout Oath. It took a while, but he got there eventually.

Oh man. Sometimes I wonder why we even have Family Home Evening. Who am I kidding - I wonder that most weeks. But I know that eventually, some day, it will all be worth it. Even if I have a daughter who doesn't like chocolate.