At our house, General Conference is never really over. With Ellis, we talk about the General Authorities year round, and he usually begs to watch a session on Sunday afternoons while Ben and I take a nap (how can we refuse such a request?). The General Conference sessions that come every six months are really just a reminder to Ellis about how much fun the "Conference Guys" can be! He loves them all year long, but after getting to watch 8 hours of Conference in a two-day period, the fire is always rekindled. Ellis is definitely on a post-Conference high right now (I am too, I guess!).
Ben let it slip that there are actually six sessions of General Conference, and that we had only watched four of them. On Monday morning, Ellis begged me to let him watch the Young Women session. He watched the whole thing (mostly sitting on the couch, with a bit of pillow fighting with Sam in between) and was thrilled with all of the details: Sister Dalton, conducting?!?! All the sisters speaking! And President Monson as the last speaker! It was almost too much.
The Conference Chart was a hit during the regular sessions! One of our super-cool ward members had the idea to use a pin for a 3-D microphone, so we had to upgrade ours.
I wasn't too surprised to find out that the chart would be even more fun when Conference was over! Ellis has been playing with it all week -- pretending to have Conference. He'll choose someone to conduct and will go through an entire mock session, complete with testimonies, prayers, and silly hymns that he makes up.
[It's not very reverent, so you might find this video to be offensive. If you do, I welcome you to come into my house and try to explain to this child why we don't say pretend prayers in silly voices. I have been hesitant since my attempt to teach him which potty words "we don't really talk about" backfired].
I don't think I'll ever get over how amusing, unique, and hilarious this quirky obsession is! And I'll be the first to say how SHOCKED I am that it is still going on, 18 months after this initial Conference post. It is such a part of Ellis now that I would hate to see him grow out of it. Kind of endearing, you know?
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Oh, to be at the Conference Center when Ellis goes for the first time. It is going to blow his mind. :)
Quirky, yet amazing obsession. If only all of us could get our 3 year olds to sit and listen to conference, let alone admire and live it day in and day out! You guys are awesome!
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