preschool and legacies

I was going to upload a video of Russell that is so cute...but blogger is not being compliant, so you'll all just have to wait.  Sorry.

So some of you may know that I teach preschool in my home to 3 other girls and one boy (along with my Krysta) for one week every 5 weeks.  This week is my week.  I may or may not have just remembered that I was teaching this week late last night...So it's a good thing that even though it takes a ton of work to teach them, it doesn't take too much preparation.  We're pretty laid back in our preschool.  The hard part is getting them to listen to you, sit down, stay with the assigned activity for more than 30 seconds, etc.  So the prep work is pretty easy.  Which I'm so so glad about, since I didn't leave myself much time to prepare. 
So this week we are learning about families, the letter "y" and reviewing the numbers 16-20.  As we're talking about families and what they are, one girl said "they're something about trees.  I know we all have a tree."  So cute.  And so right.

I'm thankful for my family tree.  I'm thankful for grandparents and other ancestors on both sides who were strong people and stayed faithful to what they believed in.  People who were good and left a legacy of faith behind them.  Sometimes I think about what kind of legacy I will leave.  I hope it's a good one too, and that my children and descendants will be better off for the things I leave them with.  Am I teaching my children the things they will need to know so that they will stay on the path?  Yesterday in marriage and family relations class the teacher instructed us to make sure we share stories from our own life with our children.  Personal stories can bring in the spirit and help our children to relate to us better.  I don't think I do that enough.  But that would be so easy-share a story from my life with my kids.  I think that will help me to "leave that kind of legacy".