FHE Week 3.

 Last night Ross taught the lesson for FHE. He gathered up the girls' piggy banks and tithing jars and some extra coins. The two oldest girls get $2.50 for allowance each week. It's not a lot, but we wanted to teach the girls about both saving and tithing. We have a giant tub for tithing that the girls toss their $0.25 into each week and the rest they get to put in their piggy banks and spend or save on whatever they'd like. A few months ago they bought their own shoes with the allowance they had saved up. I think Claire is currently saving for a Doc McStuffins Clinic truck.

Anyway, we talked about tithing last night. The girls usually get their allowance on Saturdays, but we had forgotten yesterday, so Ross had their allowance for that week out to give to them. Ross gave it to them and asked what the first thing we did was. We've been doing it for a while, so the girls knew that right away they threw one of their quarters into the tithing bucket. Claire shouted, "We tithe it!" I asked her what that meant. Right answer, but I wanted to see if she knew the WHY behind it.

Ross talked with the girls about our church building and temples and missionaries and how tithing money goes to help with that. He laid out 10 pennies and asked the girls if they had gotten 10 pennies, how many of those would go to tithing. (We pay 10% of everything we get to tithing.) He talked with the girls about how Heavenly Father gives us everything, so we give just a little bit back to Him to say thank you. He helped them fill out their tithing slips and place their tithes in the envelope. Aoife wanted to drive to Bishop's house right away instead of waiting till next Sunday.

Then we played with Legos until bed time. Aoife had made brownies, but they girls didn't finish dinner so Ross and I ate some after they went to bed. (Mean parents, I know.) I've really enjoyed doing Family Home Evening on Sunday. It's been the perfect end to the day.