Sunday, February 15, 2009

Buses, Boys and Bites

This is Miller's little bus. It was packed in the bag I brought this morning to church. He played with it close to 40 minutes! I remember thinking, "Wow, I didn't know he liked this bus so much. I'll have to keep it in the church bag." Miller was also snacking on a few goldfish. I was proud of myself for finding two things that would keep him so entertained for so long. Little did I know that he was putting the fish inside the bus. I guess it needed a few passengers. Then, when he was ready, he would open the little door to extract the unlucky passenger and have a bite! Good job Miller!
We want our children there, and we also want them to learn reverence, which is a form of love for the Savior. We want our children to understand that it is a worship service for Jesus, where we show him we love him. You may be surprised at how much your children understand about this. Alma tells us in the Book of Mormon that “little children do have words given to them many times, which confound the wise and the learned.” (Alma 32:23.) They can be very sensitive to the Spirit. We love our children. Elder W.M. Lawrence

4 comments:

Becky said...

Children are ALWAYS listening, even when they are playing with buses and eating goldfish. I'm glad you found something to keep him happy - not always easy with little ones and long church meetings

Unknown said...

yay! Got my FHE fodder for tonight.... thanks Amy!
:)

Liz said...

How funny! You were always an example to me in Sacrament. If you could teach all those boys to be reverent, surely I could teach two! And the top picture on my blog is one I took Saturday at my parents' pond. I ran a vintage action in Photoshop on it to get it looking so cool!!

Christy said...

They truly are listening and even more feeling the spirit of peace that surrounds them (they just don't recognize it as we learn to do)

Love the bus, we had one (life size) in the color green as our family car for years! Classic!