Articles of Faith

I enjoy working in the Primary at church. I love being able to see what the kids are learning...but more....I like to see how they are behaving. Well now the senior and junior primary are separate. I don't get to see the younger three kids now. Sometimes the other teachers let me know how things are going.

Ethan is a crack up. He got talked to alot in primary and one time I remember coming from class and his nose was in the corner. SO we have had some pretty good talks. I am just so happy to say that Ethan is doing a TON better. He is really growing up and better able to sit and keep his hands to himself. I'm so grateful when I hear that he is doing so good.

On Sunday....this one particular teacher.....who we really LOVE....let me know about Ethan. We are starting something new in primary. The kids are really focussing on their Articles of Faith. They get to pass off one per month. But last week they allowed the kids to pass off as many as the first three. That teacher let me know that Ethan spatted through them like nobodies business. And then he even helped the other kids that couldn't get them...he would fill in the blank. It was all ok until it came around to his sister. When Rachel was trying to recite her Articles of Faith Ethan filled in the blank for her. That didn't make her happy. She knew them. It was just taking her a bit longer to think of some of the words. There are some big words in some of them. SHE WAS NOT HAPPY. I mean who would be happy if your younger sibling was 'trying' to help? I thought it was cute.

Here are the first three Articles of Faith for those of you who don't know what they are:

1: We believe in God the Eternal Father and in His son Jesus Christ and in the Holy Ghost.

2: We believe that men will be punished for their own sins and not for Adams transgressions.

3: We believe that through the Atonement of Christ all mankind may be saved by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.

AND for some more funny things from Mayah....

We were reading the scriptures one evening during dinner. We normally will read a few verses and then ask questions. We asked Mayah if she knew what a commandment was. HER reply: those things that stick to the fridge. OH it was cute. We helped her to realize that those were called magnents.

Then the other day I was talking to Mayah about the second Article of Faith. When we came to the word sin...I asked her if she knew was a sin was. When she nodded I was really excited. She said it was when you got an envelope and put something in it and mailed it. CLOSE...very close...but not quite. Maybe I didn't say it clear enough. So I made sure to say SIN not SEND.

OH these kids crack me up.....SO MUCH.