This week a few things have happened that have made me smile. They've made me stop and reflect on how blessed I am. I don't always take the time to think about all the cute things my kids do when I'm frustrated with some of their naughtiness and whininess, but I wanted to share a few of the cute things that I got to experience this week that made me laugh and appreciate my sweet family.
About a week ago at the dinner table, Josey & I were talking about baptism for some reason. Jordan asked what being baptized meant. Josey told him that someone says a prayer and then you put the person in the water. I can't remember what else he told him, but that is about all that Jordan got out of it. A couple days later, I was watching Jordan & Jarrett play and all of a sudden I see Jordan on his knees saying a prayer (his baptismal prayer went something like this: "Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this dinner...") and then he started pushing Jarrett down and telling him he was getting baptized. I was actually a little worried for when they went in the bathtub, and sure enough, Jordan tried baptizing Jarrett in real water. When I told him not to, he started baptizing his toy dinosaurs. Since then, the baptisms have stopped because Josey told him that only people who have the priesthood can baptize and Jordan doesn't have the priesthood. He seemed to accept that explanation.
Another thing that made me laugh is one of the exchanges between Jordan & Jarrett. Jordan was bossing Jarrett around telling him to do something and Jarrett keep asking "why?" Jordan kept answering "because." It was funny because it went on for awhile and Jordan was getting pretty frustrated. A good dose of his own medicine!
My boys say & do funny things all the time that make me wonder where they got so smart (you're right - probably from their mom) and learned these things. But yesterday my favorite moment was taking a nap with Jordan. He's given up his naps, but yesterday I really wanted one so I laid with him on his bed & read some stories and then we both took a nap. I guess it was so sweet because those days have already passed that I used to nap with him, and it was just a nice little part of my day, not to mention that we got a 1 1/2 hour nap. I always love that.
I'm so lucky that I get to experience so many things with my boys every day. Yesterday I was complaining a little to Josey that my days seem to be full of making food & cleaning up, over and over again. He started singing me the song "You're Gonna Miss This" by Trace Adkins. He's right and I know it. I need look for the many happy positive moments that happen every day, even on the worst days. This helps me so much to be grateful for all that I have. Even right now as Jarrett is whacking me with a hanger, I can't help but think how cute he is doing it. Now I better give him some attention because I think that's what he wants.
1 comments:
those are sweet stories...love the baptism one :-) and what a cute family pic! we attempted to get ours taken a couple weeks ago and it was SO hard to get them (well, jack) to not only sit still, but look at the camera. as a result, our fam pics this year are a bit untraditional :-)
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