Heavenly Father's House

I took Alex to the church last night (Saturday) for a free babysitting activity the Young Women were doing. He had been wearing his pajamas for quiet time cause they were comfy and before we left I asked him if he wanted to change. He didn't, so we left.

We got to the church and were about to go in the primary room where the activity was taking place and he stopped dead in his tracks, shut the door, and said, "Nope. I don't want to go in."

M: "Why?"

A: "I don't want them to see my pajamas."

M: "Oh Alex. It is just a fun activity. No one will even notice."

A: "No. I don't want them to see them!"

M: "Why are you so worried about them seeing your pajamas?"

A: "Well. This is Heavenly Father's house and it is a special place. I shouldn't be wearing these. I should be wearing nice clothes."

M: "Oh. Well, Alex I am so happy that you understand how very special Heavenly Father's house is, but can I tell you a secret?"

A: "Sure."

M: "Heavenly Father likes to let his children use his house for acvities during the week too. Not just on Sunday. On Sunday, that is His day, so he wants us to dress our best and be extra reverent. But, during the week he loves for us to come here in other modest clothes to be with our friends. On these days we can wear what we want to as long as it is modest."

A: "You mean we can wear what we want to?! Are you sure?"

M: "I am sure."

A: "Okay. I'll go in . . ."

Made in China

We attended the temple this week. Before we left I put on a dress I have that is the style where it criss crosses at the chest. I went into Alex's room to put him to bed and he looked at me and said, "You look so pretty Mommy!" I thanked him and he continued to stare at me. A bit later he said,

"Where did you get that dress?

M: "At the store a long time ago."

A: "Where did they get it?"

M: "They made it."

A: "I think they got it in China."

M: "Why do you think that?"

A: "Well look . . . it has to be from China because it looks like my karate uniform."

Then pointing at the criss cross part of the dress, he said

"See . . . it crosses over . . . just like karate uniforms. They are from China ya know."

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!"