Little Sunbeams . . . and Beyond

I've mentioned before that Alaina has really taken to her nursery class at church, staying there on her own most weeks. She especially loves music time.

The little ones sing a song called "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" while the nursery teacher walks around with a cardboard cutout of a sun, complete with a little circle where each child's face can peek through.

 

One day I went into Alaina's room and saw her imitating this with the end of a coathanger and some stuffies. She was singing, "Sunbeam, Sunbeam" and putting the hanger on the faces of teddy bears and kitty cats--it was so cute!

So, I thought I'd make Alaina a "sun" of her own to play with at home :)

 

This weekend I took my three "sunbeams" to a Primary activity at our local temple. It was mad chaos with about 400 children and their parents, but it was fun to be there . . . at least for a little while.

 

The kids got to tour the grounds, build a smaller version of a temple, and help dig holes for some new trees that were going to be planted.

 

Alaina quickly decided she'd had enough, but I kept her there as long as I could.

 

I tried to get a picture of Ben, Janae, and Alaina before we left, but it turned out kind of like this:

 

and then this:

 

I guess you can't expect too much from a little Sunbeam :)