For our family reunion last week my mom gave each family an assignment to do a "family history project." It was fun to see what everyone else did. One of my sisters made some cookies for everyone to try that was a popular recipe where our ancestors lived. One of my brother's family sang a song. My other brother made a google map with points to birthplaces back a couple generations.
I thought and thought about what our family should do , but then one day it hit me...if I could find a way to combine legos and family history, the kids would be hooked. So I told the kids a story about their 5th great grandmother who also spent some time living in Lehi, where we live now. Then we set up a Lego movie with it. They made a lot of it (but I did a lot of the voices).
All seven of us have a part in the movie at one point or another. Wade has a part and Lucy even says "twain."
The kids really learned the story by making it interesting to them.
(the boys thing the pig and gingerbread lego men photo bombs are so funny)
Thanks mom for the idea...it was something we will need to do again!
(you can read the story by clicking here)
