We have been using these pictures from the Gospel Art Picture Kit to teach Ellis the scripture stories every night. Thankfully, he's really interested in them! So on Friday, I left him for a few minutes and returned to the room to find something similar to the picture above: Ellis surrounded by hundreds of gospel pictures, all once numbered and in order, now scattered randomly in piles all around him. On one hand, it was great that he was so interested in them; on the other hand, I wanted to scream! Only because I'm the annoying kind of person that really likes to have things in order. So I spent the next 20 minutes getting the pictures all back in numerical order.
Well, I should have learned not to put the picture box right back in the very same spot, because this picture was taken Saturday morning, when he did the exact same thing and scattered all the pictures once again. I came in the room and tried to not lose it. "Ellis!" I said, "What did you do? Did you take out all the pictures again, you little rascal?" In his most enthusiastic and sincere voice, he responded, "Yes, I did it! And . . . I LOVE Jesus!"
I don't know if Ellis is just the smartest, most clever kid on the planet, or if he was intentionally trying to provide me with one of those rare it-must-all-be-worth-it moments. Either way, it worked. I let him keep taking out the pictures and scattering them one by one, while I listened from the other room reveling in my success as a mother as Ellis rehearsed all the names of the prophets he knows and got ecstatic every time he saw a picture of Jesus.
Hmmm. I like being the Mommy of this sweet little boy.
5 comments:
I mostly love that he's wearing his halloween costume (this time without the "star"). Good job being an awesome mom. We need to play with your boys.
So wonderful. I often think how I hope to raise my boy and future kids as well as you're raising yours. I am so impressed with them and you and Ben.
That is so sweet! What a privilege it is to be mothers!
No greater reward than having to reorganize your Gospel Art kit because Ellis loves Jesus! Thanks for being such a great mother of such wonderful grandsons.
And I like being the grandmother of this sweet little boy!
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