that's how it works

It was my turn to teach sharing time in Primary on Sunday.  The topic was about doing temple work for your ancestors.  In case you haven't been in Primary in a while, let me tell you, this is kind of a BIG topic for little people.  Here are a few funny comments that came from our discussion:

* (In response to the question of how someone could get baptized if they had already died) "In heaven, there are clouds with water in them, and that's how people can get baptized up there."

* (After reading a quote that said each foundation stone of a temple strengthens the power of God on the earth) "Are we supposed to just go around and put foundation stones in the ground anywhere we want?"

*"When people die, they go to the spirit world and then they learn about the gospel.  Then, if they want to get baptized, Heavenly Father sends their name to the prophet, and he tells the people at the temple."

Well, that's how it works, folks!

Gotta love kids.

denial

I've been in denial about summer ending.  Even though the kids have been back in school for nearly a whole term, even though leaves are changing and falling, even though the calendar says OCTOBER, I was still thinking it was 'summertime'; wearing flip flops and short sleeves and basking in the warm weather.  Until yesterday, when Jack Frost blew to town. I guess Fall is really, really here.
Sniff.
I'm just not ready this year.

Lea, enjoying the last warm day with 'trampoline hair.'

science

I love volunteering at my kids' school, especially when I get to actually work with the kids. Today I helped with 4th Grade science. The students were making "boats" out of paper cups. They had to measure how tall their boat was, fill it with water, then measure the water with a syringe and beaker to determine the capacity of their boats.  Over the course of this 40 minute project I saw:
* one girl spend the ENTIRE time thinking of a name for her boat (and trying to persuade others to use her ideas to name THEIR boats)
* one group argue over who got to make the 6.5 centimeter boat (only one in each group could do each size and, apparently, 6.5 cm was the coveted size)
* one boy completely lose it because it was 'too hard.'
* one little guy wander around the room for 30 minutes looking for his misplaced pencil.
* one boy giving a very LONG explanation about the merit of the name SS Everest over the name SS Titanic.
* one girl quietly playing with the water, syringe, and cup without a clue about what she was supposed to be doing!

And, the take-home lesson:
Some children are definitely MORE likely to become scientists than others.