General Conference

We had a hard time with Conference in April. I didn't get to listen to hardly anything because the kids were so bored!

We made plans right after to help us improve for Oct.

Let me outline what we did.

Projector.

We borrowed a projector from the Mosers and rearranged the basement to make room for the GIANT screen. This in itself was an amazing difference.

Taped on the wall are our key words. I had a bunch of them and rotated the words each sessions. In this pic we are doing the Candy Game. Every time one of the words was spoken, the kids got to take a piece of candy from the bowl beneath the word.

Jack was entertaining.

Who has spoken.

I taped pics of the 12 and the first presidency on the door. Every time one of them spoke, we would write what they talked about. Then after the sessions was over, we would remove the pics. Then we knew who was coming up.
Conference Store.

I picked up a bunch of cheap treats and toys. I labeled each with a cent amount ranging from a penny to a quarter. Every time one the words on the cards were said, the kids that heard them got a penny. After the session was over, the kids could purchase stuff from the store or save the money for a bigger prize. Since the words were quite frequently said, they ended up with a lot of cashola! They loved this game. We only did the candy game one session because they liked the Store one better. The only down side to this game was the parent in charge of handing out the money. They were constantly pestered the entire time. I guess having the 5 year old simply listen to the older kids for the queue to get money.
Words for the money game. We finally taped them on the wall to keep Jack away from them.
Then we had the fall-backs of coloring pages, and crossword puzzles as well as Conference Bingo. All of these are available on www.lds.org
The entire weekend was amazing! I actually got a lot of crocheting done, which I MY semi-annual activity.

The kids loved the whole thing. And honestly how many times do kids say that about general conference weekend. The best part was that they listened. And we listened! And we all felt the Spirit.

We made a list for April with suggestions to make it even better.

All in All a total PLUS for mom and dad.