Sleeping Princess

These are a few shots that Daddy took while Princess was sleeping…

Tithing Wallet

Developing Talents #1 ~ Learn how to budget and save money.Discuss why it is important to faithfully pay our tithing and how Heavenly father blesses us when we do (see 3 Nephi 24:10-11). Pay your tithing and begin saving for a mission.

This is our first part of the lessons of this activity. I have been eagerly searched and surfed the internet in my preparation for all these lessons.

There are so much examples of the lessons whereby prepared by all the Activity Days Leader Mormon Moms throughout the world, I am so excited about this!

The first lesson I was adapting from the website: http://www.themormonhome.com/teaching-tithing-wallet-printable/ about the teaching tithing wallet printable.

I think it is a great idea that Sister Rachel Evans Davis using the wallets as a teaching method to introduce the concept of Tithing and Money.

In addition on that, I did design some worksheets to include: asking the children to search for the scriptures.

Some lessons on where and how our Tithing Money goes.

And some pictures to help children to understand our tithing monies goes to fund the missionary work, temples, meeting house buildings, family history works, printing and translating scriptures, and humanitarian service to others.

Finally, the Tithing Slip is important too. How the tithing slip looks like, and how to fill up the tithing slip.

Both Annabelle and Issac were not so excited as I am, but thankfully that they just follow my flows.

I have planned and decided to split this lessons to 3 or 4 parts, throughout the month of September, every weekend  we will have our lessons from this Tithing and Budgeting.

As Issac almost approach 11 years old now, I was thinking like: How am I going to teach and help him to work on the activities suggested in the Faith in God program?

I as a parent, need to prepared him and help him to understand the importance of the live gospel principles and to receive the Aaronic Priesthood when he is approaching his 12 years old.

Hopefully the weekly activity days program we plan each week, both me and the children able to learn from it.

   

Activity Days Binders

                     

I have do some research online about the Activity Days binders. Eventually, in the end, I choose the lovely design Activity Binders from Sister Chrissy Lee from the Sugar Doodle.Net website page: http://www.sugardoodle.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8175.

The original design I have used it for Annabelle’s binder which is in pink colour, and I used blue digital free download scrap paper for Issac’s binder, and it turns out well too. I love both of the binders!

      

I am using the past years management diaries to put together the lovely printed binders to organize both kids Faith In God progress. I decided to organize it into 5 sections: the first being general information such as the Article of Faith, the Gospel Standards, a page for them to paste their own photo, Faith In God tracking sheet, Faith In God requirements, etc.

And the other sections by the 4 categories specified in the Faith In God Booklet, Learning and living the Gospel, Serving Others, Developing Talents and Preparing for the Young Woman or Preparing for the Priesthood.

      

All the lessons would be pasted on the book, and have the kids do take 5 minutes at the end of the activity and journal about what they learned or how they felt about what they did that day. There is some pictures or photos which can be added in. Each binder also has a leather pocket so they can put in their Faith In God booklet in there.

    

My intention with the fun binders is to help reinforce what we have learned and hopefully they might look back at their accomplishments and be able to remember what they did to earn their Faith In God Award years from now.

                     

My Fuji Xerox Docuprint CP225W Arrived!

Finally I got my printer today! It is very early morning the delivery to the office, around 8.15am in the morning. The delivery driver called me at 7.30am to check with me, if he could drop the parcel at 8.00am? I was like what?

I purchase this printer last Friday and it was the first time I bought from Lazada website. I was doing the online survey for a cheap LaserJet colour printer for few months ever since I was called as a Teacher in the Primary.

Every time the idea of getting one colour LaserJet printer just put on hold as I was thinking like, is it worth to invest one in the family to do just the primary works? And most of the time, I will bring out to the printing shop and get the colour copies out.

Ever since I am so determined to do the Faith In God program with the children, this gives me more reason to get one colour LaserJet printer for our family. I finally found this Fuji Xerox brand which is less than RM1,000.00, it was RM730.50 after including the delivery charges and some free phone apps voucher. I had read the reviews from the internet, it sounds good too.

With the help of this newly added ‘companion’, I can do a lot of the activity worksheets for the kids now!

169 ~ I Hope They Call Me on a Mission

Well, this one is mainly for Issac. Initially I thought that Issac too, will have a duet with Annabelle or a Solo himself. Eventually, I was hearing wrongly.

When I showed this flip chart to both. Both of them love it very much too! I am started to learn how to sing the Children’s Songbook after this Primary Presentation assignment.

I guess practicing the songs together with the children through the own made flip chart, really ‘forced’ me to learn the songs. The songs are beautiful truly.

12 ~ A Child’s Prayer

Two days ago, Sister Jennifer texted me the songs that both Issac and Annabelle will be participated in the Primary Presentation later at 30 Oct 2016.

There will be a duet that Annabelle and Daddy will be singing – A Child’s Prayer. I am thinking of making a flip chart for both of them, during practicing the song at home.

During I was browsing through the internet, I came to know that this wonderful mother whom is an artist, shared her drawings and sketches in her website for the members and non-members to use her hand drawn and colored clip art artworks to create anything related to everything.

Frankly I love it so much! Her website is here: http://susanfitchdesign.blogspot.my. And, you can also visit her shop at etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/SusanFitchDesign.

Here is the flip chart I created using her artworks. I really love her artworks so much! The children she draws, Jesus Christ she draws, everything she draws are so spiritual!

Both Issac and Annabelle are so delighted during seeing this flip chart!

Faith In God Activity Days

I feel the blessings as I was recently called as second counsellor in our Branch Primary Presidency, and it kind of giving me a chance to serve and learn the church lessons, manuals and curriculum which are installed for us.

I got to know about the Faith In God Program during when our family were sealed in the Cebu Temple, Philippines last year. I bought the small 2 booklets at the Distribution Centre at the temple ground, thinking of getting ready for both children for that. Still, at that point of time, I do not know how to go about this program, and I thought that is incorporated in the Primary every Sunday.

During last month when we had our Branch Conference on the 14th August 2016, and the visit of our District Primary President, Sister Young Hee to our Primary classes. She explained to us if possible, talk to the parents if they may help their sons and daughters complete the activities in the guidebook, especially she knew that it might difficult for children to gather for Primary activity days here at Malaysia.

As at Puchong branch, we do not have the activity days which focus on this program. After listening and considering what Sister Yang advice, I was thinking of helping both Issac and Annabelle learning and understand more live gospel principles, develop their testimonies, and love Heavenly Father more.

I am anxious too, as we need to prepare Issac to receive his Aaronic Priesthood. Next year he will be turn to 12 years old on his birthday! And, I am so nervous at the same time, I really hope he will qualify to receive it.

Thus, I would roll up my sleeves, crack my brain to teach them and helping them to become the kinds of persons both of them would like to be and the persons Heavenly Father knows them can become. As like the front cover of the Faith In God booklet stated:

“That they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” ~ John 17:3