Primary and Nursery

Abby and Alex are both excited for Bailey to be born. We have set Bailey’s crib up in Abby’s room and have re-arranged to get everything ready. I think Abby and Alex will both want to help feed and take care of Bailey. Melinda is due within the next 10 days. Rachel is in labor right now. Parker is over at our house for a sleep over. Both of the kids are really excited to have him come over. We are waiting to find out if Rachel has a boy or a girl. They are both sure that it’s a girl, but they were sure Kimball was a girl also.

Abby had her first day in Primary today. I walked by a couple times and saw her sitting in her chair staring up at the teacher. When I saw her after class she was wearing her “I am a child of God” crown and was so excited to tell me how she want to class. Melinda said that she answered a couple questions in sharing time. One questions asked was “What do we do when the lights go out?” Abby jumped up and said, “We get our flashlights.”

When they got back from class the sharing time leader asked, “What did the sunbeams learn about today?” The other kids didn’t answer but Abby said, “I am a…uh, God” Sister Bradfield whispered to her, “child” so she repeated, “I am a Child of God”. I’m glad that she is not afraid to speak up and be heard even with all of the other people in the primary. She is a very smart little girl.

This morning before Church as we were talking to Abby about Primary and how she would get to go and sing. Alex was sad and said he wanted to go and sing too. I tried to get him excited about going to Nursery by asking him what his favorite toy was. Abby answered first saying that she liked the dinosaurs. When Melinda told Abby that there weren’t toys in primary then Abby got sad. When we got to Church Alex was a little hesitant to go into Nursery by himself but after a moments hesitation he ran right in. He didn’t last very long before he realized he was “alone” and started crying. I guess they found Poppy before they found me so he went in to spend time with Alex. We’ll have to see what happens next week.

Children are so easily excited and happy. Alex is excited just to wake up in the morning always telling me “Dad, I’m awake!”. The other night as we walked home from the Saxey’s Alex enjoyed just walking along with one foot in the snow just so he could hear the crunch of the snow. Alex is very adamant about so many things – which is satisfying to me. I want him to be excited and passionate about life. On Christmas morning we let the kids open their stockings first. After they unloaded the few toys that I bought for them at the dollar store along with the some candy I announced that was all they were getting for Christmas and gave a cheer. They were completely happy and satisfied even though there were still presents under the tree. After they opened the presents under the tree they were again content and satisfied. I went downstairs with the camera so I could photograph their faces as they saw the play kitchen we bought and the train track we set up for Alex. I heard Melinda trying to talk the kids into coming downstairs – they wanted to stay upstairs and play with their toys. It’s has been inspiring and encouraging to me to enjoy the simple things in life.

Alex likes to say “Sure” which I realize that he got from me. Abby will often present an idea then asks “Is that a good idea?” which we realized she gets from Melinda. However, before they started saying those phrases we didn’t realize that we said them ourselves.