Sweet & Silly Sayings

I don't know about your kids, but our kids' prayers turn into kind of travelogues. Elijah always starts out, "Heavenly Father... Daddy come home. Mommy stay here, with us..." and tonight he added "Elise go on adventure (but it sounded like ab-benture)."

Lately, Elise is much more expressive in her prayers. It's humorous to hear what she comes up with, although I wonder if she knows what she is saying... Recently she's prayed, "We're so grateful to pray and to listen and listen to pray." During FHE, "We're so grateful to pray about Jesus with all of our friends..." and tonight before dinner, she prayed after much rambling, " to make good choices."

One night before bed I told Elijah I loved him. It's not what he said so much as how he said it. Matter-of-factly, he exclaimed brightly, "That's right! You love me. And you love Elise!" Whew, I got that one right! He still has an adorable little lisp.

When we sing songs before bed, I like to hear the kids' version of songs... At the end of 'I love to see the Temple' Elise used to sweetly sing, "my sleeping beauty" instead of "my sacred duty." After much coaching she's evolved into saying, "my sleeping duty." Ah well, we're getting there. : )