The other night it was my (Summer's) turn to pick the song for our scripture read. I turned to Emilia and asked her what she wanted to sing....I said, "Emilia do you want to sing 'I Am a Child of God'? And she shook her head no.
I thought it was a coincidence, so I asked "Emilia, do you want to sing 'I Love to See the Temple'? And she shook her head no, once again.
We started to giggle a little bit, and then I asked her - "Emilia, do you want to sing 'Give Said the Little Stream'?...and she started shaking her head yes over and over again.
We all started to laugh and laugh, while also starting to sing Emilia's choice of 'Give Said the Little Stream'. I wish we could keep a camera on her 24/7 - so many little things she does, so many adventures and new things she tries that just keep us all in smiles and laughter.
She brings joy & laughter into the home in so many ways!
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That same night, before we got to the singing situation - we were trying to get Bryson Jr. to come out of the bathroom so we could start reading scriptures. He (and other children who shall remain nameless, but I'll give you a clue in that it's all the other children in our family that can read!) love, LOVE to read! To continue their reading when parents tell them to close their books and get ready for __________ activity, they take their books and go hide in the bathroom. It's aggravating and yet comical - we love that they are enjoying their books and reading so much, but they need to have a dose of reality and realize that they can't just read anytime they want.
We finally got Bryson to come in for scriptures, and started our scripture reading routine...somewhere in there, Bryson Sr. had to visit the bathroom and came back holding little B's book. It turns out he hid it under the bathroom mat so that we wouldn't find it...or thought we wouldn't find it! It then turned into a conversation of other places he has hid his books - in his robe, in Dad's robe ("Ah, no wonder there was a book in my robe pocket one morning!" exclaimed Brsyon Sr.), and each child has tried to hide their books under the bathroom sink in the cabinet, but that hiding place was obvious and they were all getting caught, that they have started to look for other unusual places to hide their books.
It's pretty comical, but again...a little serious in that they forget they have other obligations to do first before they enjoy their recreational reading! I suppose it's one of the better problems we have to work on in the family!
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