Not on a Sundae!

Not all our Family Home Evenings end up as successful as Baylen and I hope. However, tonight I think that the lesson sunk in with all the kids. Amazing! It was actually really fun, too. I found the idea on the internet (what would we do without it?!). We started by having everyone sit up to the table. On the table I had already placed ice cream, hot fudge, carmel, sprinkles, ketchup, spaghetti sauce, and ranch dressing. I then told the kids that we were going to have sundaes. I told Tanner we would make his first and asked what he wanted on it. When he told me he wanted chocolate I said, "You mean you don't want ketchup? You love ketchup." His response was perfect. He said, "Not on a Sundae." We played this up a little more with the spaghetti sauce and ranch dressing. We then talked about how there are lots of good things out there that we like. But sometimes they are things that aren't good (to do) on Sundays. We talked about what the sabbath day is and some things that are good to do on that day- and then made everyone a sundae with appropriate toppings. I was really surprised at how the kids took to this idea! I decided that the best way to keep my kids' attention is to center the lesson around sugary food!