Sunday, April 20, 2008

Can you figure out what happened?

I started a tradition, when I was just a kid, of celebrating Jesus's birthday on April 6th. On that day I would only listen to church-ish music and think of Him.

When I came out to BYU, I was so excited to live close to a temple- within walking distance as a matter of fact. So, every April 6th, I would visit the temple and think about Jesus.

After I got married, my husband celebrated with me. Once I had kids, I added bringing a breakfast treat, like donuts and milk- since often it fell on a school day and we would go before school.
Well, this year, April 6th fell on a glorious Sunday. We walked around the temple and used quiet voices and talked about Jesus and his birthday. Then we sat on a bench. enjoyed our treat and just soaked in the wonderful atmosphere.

After our snack, I allowed the children to walk around by themselves, as long as I could see them. My only instructions were to not run around and not play with the water. My second oldest chided me, telling me that I shouldn't allow them even near the water. I wasn't worried, I mean, if they weren't allowed to play with the water, what could go wrong?

You can figure out the rest...


My second oldest laughed loud and hard at this, all while looking straight at me. So much for "Mom knows best".

4 comments:

Teachinfourth said...

It could have been worse...MUCH worse!

What a wonderful tradition your family has. I just may need to "steal" that one from you!

Panama Jones said...

At least Ned Ryerson wasn't there to gloat, "Watch that step. It's a doozie!"

annette said...

tchn4th-
True. Actually, I was surprised it wasn't worse.

Steal away. After all, what are friends for?

PJ-
Ha ha! Great movie!

However, I'm not sure if this one was upset that he got his foot wet, or that he wasn't allowed to make an even match.

Farscaper said...

LOVE the wet shoe!