Insights from Children

Our kids sometimes surprise us with the things they say. They are very insightful at times. At dinner tonight Dave & I were discussing what we were going to do on our Anniversary date coming up this weekend (hopefully this time it will happen). Dave made reservations at The Roof for dinner which is so nice. But he was concerned about leaving Kyle for the length of time it would take to do to a nice dinner and the temple and suggested we do the nice dinner this time and the temple next month. We were trying to decide what to do and Brandon said "I know what you guys can do to setttle this problem." We asked him what it was and he said "You should do the more important thing ... the temple." I was so proud of him for both his problem solving skills as well as the fact that he in his 6 year old way, knew that the temple was more important then anything else. He really is a special boy and he really tries to be a peace maker in our home and help everyone to be happy.

Just a short time later, the boys were petitioning Dave to play Monster with them which entails him chasing them around in circles through the living room, dining room and kitchen. Dave was a little tired and not overly excited about playing Monster and so I suggested we play Uno and have some ice cream. Eric said ok to Uno but Brandon still had his heart set on Monster. Then Eric said "I know, we can play Monster and then after that, we can play Uno." Again, what good problem solving skills, especially for a 3 year old who generally just throws a fit hoping to get his way. When Dave finally agreed to play Monster, Brandon quickly cleared his dinner dishes and said "Playing with your kids is way more important then ice cream anyway!"

I love my boys!