Baby Steps

Do you ever feel like you try and try to teach your kids but they just aren't listening to you? I have felt like a broken record lately and feel like my kids just aren't listening. Every morning for the past 2 + years I read the scriptures with the kids before we load up in the car. Some mornings they are folding their arms listening, other mornings not so much. I'm determined to keep this routine of reading to them hoping a) that scripture study becomes a habit and b) that they will understand and love the Book of Mormon. Baby steps. That's what I tell myself when it feels like it's more of a failure than a success.

When we were waiting to meet with the a member of the Stake Presidency, Taylor and Braden were sitting on a chair together and on the end table was a Book of Mormon. Taylor opened it up to the front where the pictures are and said, "Is this King Noah?" I told her it was and asked her if she knew who was standing up in the picture. Braden looked at it and said, "That's Abinadi!" I asked them which one was good and which one was bad. Braden went on to tell me all about how Abinadi was good and King Noah was bad and Abinadi was killed by fire and how Alma didn't want to have Kings he wanted Judges because Judges are good and Kings are bad... Wow! I was so impressed that they actually get something out of our scripture study.

Today we were finishing up chapter 3 in Alma and talking about reaping your reward whether they were good or bad. They seemed to get the concept. We always end the scripture study with each of them picking a song and each of them saying a prayer. Taylor was very anxious to say the prayer so I let her go first. This is what I heard. "Dear Heavenly Father. Thank you for this day. Please bless us to be good so when we die we can go to Heaven and be with Grandma Diane, Great Grandpa Frehner, Heavenly Father, and Jesus...." She went on to say a few more things that I don't remember because my heart was so full. They do learn! Even though most of the time it doesn't feel like I'm being successful at teaching them. I just have to remember...baby steps.