What is a Prince?

Today  for FHE, we were talking about being a child of God or being the Child of a King and what that means. He explained that we are princes and princesses because we are children of a King. He asked Alex, "What is a Prince Alex?"

A: "A Prince is someone who saves princesses."

J: "What is a princess?"

A: "A Princess is a girl who is always in danger."

Poo Poo Rocks

Rebekah has now mastered going poo poo in the potty. To the point that every time it is just pee, she gets upset and said, "Hey where Bekah Poo Poo Rocks?!"

I say, "You just went pee pee. It's okay."

R: "NO! Bekah want poo poo ROCK!"

Can you just sleep more?

The other night I was reading to Alex and I could not keep my eyes open. I would catch myself slurring my words and closing my eyes. When I finally finished and as I was leaving the room, Alex said, "Hey mommy, could you please just sleep more tonight so you don't fall asleep when you read to me?"

Why can't I...

This afternoon while I was cleaning up lunch, Alex was quietly drawing a picture for a new friend and he said exasperatedly from the other room, "Mommy, why can't I just do everything by myself?"

I grabbed a piece of paper and made 4 marks on the bottom of it and said, "See, you have only been learning how to do things for this long." I then made 30 marks right above his 4 and said, "I have been learning for thiiiiiiiiis long!" You learn more every day and every day you can do more and more by yourself!

A: "Yeah, see like I can write my numbers." he wrote them. "I can write my letters." he wrote those too. I learn lots don't I mommy!

Bekah Rocks

Rebekah is trained to go on the potty, but even though she has already pooped on it, she is afraid to do it every time and therefore keeps holding it in!! Today I was trying to encourage her to go poo poo on the potty and she said,

"No Bekah Rocks!! Just a toot Mommy! No Bekah Rocks!"

Just a Toot

Rebekah is potty training today. She is now telling me when she has to go pee pee. However, she thinks she has to go pee pee every time she really only has to toot. So, she always says, "Mommy I need go peepee!"

We go and she sits down and only toots. Then says,

"What's that?!"

M: "You just tooted."

R: "Oh, just a toot!" "You toot too mommy."

What Happened?!

I am toilet training Rebekah today I think she has expressed some of the cutest things in the history of mankind. :)

She started making a "poo face," so I looked at her to see if she would say anything. I gave it about one second and said, "Does Rebekah have poo poos?"

R: "Yes!"

M: "Okay, fast! Let's go to the potty!"

We run to the potty and sit down. She starts to push. Stands up quickly with a scared look and says, "No poo poo."

M: "It's okay Rebekah. You can poopoo in the toilet. We will just dump it out and flush! Just like peepee!"

She slowly and hesitantly sits back down. Begins to push. Stands up quickly again.

R: "No Poo poo mommy."

M: "You can do it Rebekah. It's okay. Try again."

She sits back down and pushes.

R: "Owie."

She stands up, turns around and sees a little turd in the toilet.

R: "What happened?! What's that rock?!"

M: "Oh that is your poo poo. YAY REBEKAH!!! You did it!"

She starts to make the poo face again.

M: "Do you have more poo poos?"

R: "Yes."

M: "Okay, sit down. Its okay."

She goes the rest of the way (after popping up and getting scared a few more times). She stands up, turns around and

R: "Whoah!!! What Happened Mommy!!"

She continued through the rest of the morning saying, "What happened?!" every time she had an accident.

So cute!

That's What Saving Is....

We have a very tight budget right now, so we talk to the kids a lot about how we don't have money for this or that. Alex is old enough that he does some extra chores around the house and therefore earns an allowance. We had been giving him 10 dimes a week (easy for teaching about tithing). We then, about 5 months ago, switched to giving him 10 quarters a week since he was doing more and harder chores. Well, we are broke, so we did had to cut it back to 10 dimes per week again. To break it to him we decided to have our FHE last night about finances and listened to part of a talk by Elder Robert D Hales called "Becoming Provident Providers Temporally and Spiritually." After it was over we explained a little and then asked Alex what he thought this talk meant....

A: "Well, like if I want to buy a dog and there is one that is lots of money. Then, I need to wait and save more and go to different stores and find another dog that is like the money I have for it. That is called saving."

I'd say that is a pretty darn good understanding of money for a 4 year old!!

John Taylor was Third We Know

We read the Book of Mormon in the mornings as a family and then in the evening we rotate themes. We have done Jesus Stories, Book of Mormon Stories, and now we are doing Latter Day Prophets. Before we talk about a prophet and his teachings we sing , "Latter Day Prophets are Number One!" John Taylor was the third prophet of the church and Alex's favorite. I wasn't sure why he was his favorite at first, but had an idea. So I asked him:

"Alex, why do you like John Taylor so much?"

A: "Well, because he got shot four times with a gun trying to save Joseph Smith." 

I guess John Taylor is sort of like a super hero to Alex. 

But You Are

We were in the kitchen making Turtle Bread and Alex said, "Hmmmm, This Aint Gonna Be Pretty!," then turned immediately to me and said, "But YOU'RE pretty Mommy!"

OKAY!!!

Rebekah has artfully taken on being a "mommy" to her doll babies and tonight after we put her in her crib for bed, we hear her over the monitor having this conversation:

"Now Mommy. You need go night night. OKAY!"

"Daddy. You go night night too. OKAY!"

"Alex. You don't push! OKAY!"

"Buggy. No bite. OKAY!"

"Baby, GO NIGHT NIGHT. OKAY!"

Love. Her. 

I Go Anyway

This morning when I told Alex it was Sunday he said, "I don't want to go to church!!!!!"

On the way to church we read about the prophet Isaiah who said, "Here I am, Send Me."

Joseph began talking about how that relates to doing things the Lord asks us to do . . . even if we don't want to.

Alex responded, "Yeah, like going to church. I don't like it, but I do it anyway."