"Your house is a mess, go straight to Hell."

That was the quote of the day yesterday. Maybe even the quote of the year. It was said by our favorite #1 son during FHE last night. Aaron and I simultaneously followed up with "Do not pass go. Do not collect $200."

Ben puts HIMSELF in charge of the Family Home Evening lesson every single week. Even when it's not his turn or when someone has already given the lesson, he sneaks his own agenda in there somewhere. He is such a teacher's pet and we love him for it. Last night, Luke gave an awesome 5 minute lesson and we thought we were golden. Low and behold, Ben was in charge of the activity... and apparently he had spent quite a bit of time making up his own game-- with a loooong lesson to boot. It was particularly creative, so I pulled out the trusty cam.

*you have no idea how perfect the picture above describes my life:
Luke upside-down on the couch, Zack wearing my boots, Ben cheesing it in his favorite TF shirt with holes.*

The object of the game was to make it to HEAVEN (the brown piece of paper at the end...) Ben wrote certain "scenarios" on slips of paper and we each took a turn to draw. Some of the papers read: PREY, move two steps forward. BABTIZE the DEAD, move 3 steps forward. GET a NEW BABY, 4 steps forward. TALK BACK TO MOM or DAD, two steps back. LEAF your HOUSE a MESS, one step back. LISTEN to SATIN, 3 steps back. Whoever was the first to make it to the Heaven was the winner. But a few of us had to go back--- all the way back to Hell, that is. When Luke drew a the messy house slip of paper and was one step away from outer darkness, Ben excitedly announced, "Your house is a mess! Go straight to Hell!" I don't think any woman with a baby 2 days old should laugh that hard. But it's such a great quote that I am thinking about putting it up on the wall somewhere.

*Obviously Luke didn't care about losing the game..
he and Zack had a gay 'ol time playing. And by gay, I mean FUN.

Oh and I must mention for memory's sake: When Ben was setting up for the game, I saw that he was coloring sheets of white paper different colors (the first two are red and blue.) I asked him if he would rather use construction paper instead of scribbling over white paper. Ben let out a big sigh and said,

"Sure. That would make my job a LOT easier."

If he only KNEW how much easier he made my job as a mom.....