FHE by Taft

Today was your first day fully planning and executing an FHE.  You were very very very excited.  In in a kind of random hodgepodge planning session you explained to Mom excitedly about a dozen different ideas that you had seen in the friend in the past few weeks.  Finally the moment came for family home evening to start.  We sang I am a child of God, which both you and Alyssa conducted. 

You had us put on blind folds and follow the iron rod from your room, down the hallway to the family room. The iron rod was a piece of string about 1 ft long that you pulled each of us along with.  When we reached the end and asked so where are we, you explained we are here! 

You brought scriptures to each of us and asked us to share something we liked, or something we had heard of.  Alyssa shares first and then you threw tantrum because you wanted to go first.  You didn't want her to steal the show.  But actually she was really stealing the scripture I had picked.  She turned to the same page as me and read the verse that was highlighted in my page.  After the tantrum, this activity was over.

You setup a puppet show to teach something.  Like how God created animals.  It was very lovely.  Joel was laughing a lot, but Mom and I didn't quite get it. 

I just have big feet

After Taft's diaper had fallen off:
Dad:. These diapers haven't fit you for 6 months
Taft: I just have big feet.

His Spirit Warms My Soul

Doug and Amanda got married today. Taft was eager to see the temple and wanted to go inside. I took him in the foyer and showed him a picture of Jesus. I told him we can feel Jesus' love in the temple. I picked him up and he started singing/humming "I Feel My Savior's Love" and then he sang "his Spirit Warms my soul". Taft could feel the peace of the temple. I'm thankful I could spend that time with him for a few brief moments in the temple.

Actually

I made a lot of cookies today. You wanted to eat them all! We were having a snack with piles of cookies sitting around us and you repeatedly said, "Actually, cookies are good for me."

While praying today at lunch you said, "Please bless Joel, I knock him over."

I find it almost unfair to the other children that you are so funny. But I'm always laughing over something coming out of your mouth these days.

Pizza farts and...

Today you were helping Mom make pizza and mom was explaining how yeast works. She explained that yeast produces gas just like farting. You added "I fart from my penis.".  This is anatomically incorrect we're still working on teaching you these things.

You also dumped the entire bag of cheese for the pizza on the ground.  As Mom expressed her displeasure had seen the entire bag of mozzarella dumped on the ground you looked down and said "I have some".  He then proceeded to serve yourself as much mozzarella cheese as you could eat from off of the floor. At one point I caught you hunched over the floor in a position in which one leg was lifted and you were balancing on the other leg and your arms like a three legged dog eating mozzarella.

Love one another as Jesus loves you

This afternoon we Skyped with Grandma. Behind her you saw a picture of Jesus and said that's Jesus! Then you started singing love one another as Jesus loves you try to show kindness and all that you do be gentle and love one another as Jesus loves you try to show kindness in all that you do... You continue to sing this over and over again. I love how you are always singing a song and you are often reminded of songs by what you see around you!

Little Gospel Scholar

Tonight as Mom tucked you and Alyssa into bed she asked "Do you think that God designed ecosystems for our earth?"  and you replied "No, Jesus.  Jesus actually."  You are so cute and so smart and so good.  Even at the ripe old age of two you know that Jesus created the earth.  I love you.