On The Mend

Well, just when The Boy is on the mend, Will is starting to feel sick. They both stayed home from church today and I went by myself. I wasn't planning on staying through the entire YWs, but my Mia Maid adviser ended up teaching all the YW because the Beehive adviser was out of town and the Laurel adviser was sick. My 1st counselor went home and so I didn't want to leave her with 15 YW by herself. So I stayed and I really enjoyed the lesson. She did the value thought on Integrity first and it was good. The lesson was about learning now to keep your home in order and it was some things that I needed to hear. The quote I especially liked was from Spencer W. Kimball. It said:

“No matter what you read or hear, no matter what the differences of circumstances you observe in the lives of women about you, it is important for you Latter-day Saint women to understand that the Lord holds motherhood and mothers sacred and in the highest esteem. He has entrusted to his daughters the great responsibility of bearing and nurturing children.

“This is the great, irreplaceable work of women. Life cannot go on if women cease to bear children. Mortal life is a privilege and a necessary step in eternal progression. Mother Eve understood that. You must also understand it. …

“Much is said about the drudgery and the confinement of the woman’s role in the home. In the perspective of the gospel it is not so. There is divinity in each new life. There is challenge in creating the environment in which a child can grow and develop. There is partnership between the man and woman in building a family which can last throughout the eternities” (“Privileges and Responsibilities of Sisters,” Ensign, Nov. 1978, pp. 105–6).

I really liked that and I thought I would share it with you.

We've just been hanging around the house this week - besides aerobics on Thursday - so that The Boy could get better, so I don't have any exciting stories to tell. Did I tell you that he he has started to answer when the Little Einsteins ask questions? I think I did. I promise to take pictures this week. I also want to write a list of all the words that he knows and uses. Maybe I'll do it right now.

ball
balloon
mom
dad
grandpa
Paul
Kyle
cracker
chicken
apple
hot
bird
up
don't
no
bye
two
cheese
nummy (that's what I've always called his snacks)
M (as in his AuntieM)
pat

He knows and uses the signs for:
help
more
please
drink
milk
all done
candy

I'll add to the list as I think of more. He seems to add a new one at least once a week.