Warm Fuzzies

About 6 months ago we had a family home evening lesson based on a talk given by our prophet.

We talked to the kids about service, being nice, being helpful, being peacemakers, etc. The talk by President Monson gave us the idea to fill a big jar of warm fuzzies - each one representing something nice done by our family members that should make them feel good inside. Somehow, the 'warm fuzzies' were renamed to 'PUFFLES'.

The green puffles are Tayler's, the purple Kaitlyn's, the blue Noah's, and the pink Sophie's. The orange represent our whole family working as a team.

We promised the kids a REALLY fun vacation that they could help us plan - if all of them had their puffles inside the big jar (and out of their own individual jars) by a certain time. And... the person with all their puffles out of the little jar first would receive a special treat.

Well, Kaitlyn is officially the nicest, helpful, & most thoughtful kid we have!! Her puffles have been empty for 2 weeks now... and the others still have a little more to go. Tayler is pretty close but some certain 5-year-olds need some help! We're trying to create many opportunities for them to earn puffles and we really hope they get to go on the vacation with us! ;)

So for Kaitlyn's special treat - we took her out by herself one night & let her pick where to go. I straightened her hair (her favorite) and she looked so cute!

She chose Texas Roadhouse...

... she wanted ribs!

It was fun to spoil her!

She was all about taking pics to document our night!

Afterward she picked Bahama Bucks for dessert... yummy!!

I'm so proud of Kaitlyn. From the very beginning I knew she'd probably be the winner. She tried so hard to please us, to be a peacemaker, to always ask what she could do to help around the house, and more! I'm excited that she'll be joining us on vacation!!