Don't you just love trying to watch conference from (supposedly) the comfort of your own home? Our kids are too old to simply send them to their room to play, so we deal with the 4 hours on Saturday and Sunday of struggling to not only get them to listen for more than 2 minutes, but to also take something away ourselves that we may implement into our daily lives. The following is merely a sample of 5 minutes of trying to listen to the prophet during this mornings session:
Matt: Chandler, give me the play dough...there better not be any in mommy's carpet.
Morgan: sobbing because her play dough was taken away
Matt: Gabe, you bring your blanket and lay on the floor next to mom's side of the bed.
Morgan: still sobbing, but now doing it from the floor as she has fallen off the bed
Jenn: Chandler, get back in your spot.
Chandler: I'm trying to get the cat.
Matt: deep breath, then sighing
Jenn: Chandler, sit down! deep breath and sigh.
Pres. Monson: ....fill our days with those things that matter most....
Gabe: slowly, ever so slowly moving back to where Chandler is sitting so they can once again begin the slow dance of picking at each other till one is upset and the other is smiling like a Cheshire cat.
Morgan: You got to move it move it!
Matt: shhhh
Jenn: trying desperately to keep from pulling her hair out.
President Monson: ....express our gratitude always, and find joy in the journey is my prayer in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Stastny Family: Amen!
(love Conference....love the fact that it is published in next months Ensign even more---that had to be thought up by mom's who never get to listen to General Conference in its entirety)
1 comment:
So funny! and so the same at our house... What do you do? Thank heavens for the Ensign.
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