Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Wanted: A New Role Model

Last night, it was Kallie's turn to give the FHE lesson.  Unless there is something that needs to be addressed, we usually let the kids determine their own topic.  Kallie decided to talk about sharing and being kind.  We read a story about some brothers and sisters who surprised their family by trying to be more like Jesus.  There have been a few opportunities for reminders in the 24 hours since last night's lesson.  One of them was this afternoon.

Today was a crazy day.  I won't go into the particulars, but the girls didn't get a nap and I was a little on the stressed side.  On the way home from the doctor's office today, Whitney and Kallie were bickering and Whitney was getting very whiny.  Kallie reminded her about being kind and I said, "Do you want to be like Jesus?"  Whitney replied, "Yes!"  And then I explained that Jesus didn't whine and He didn't fuss and cry.  Whitney seemed surprised by this, "He didn't?"  Nope.  And then she concluded, "Then I don't want to be like Jesus."

5 comments:

Jared and Delia said...

Ha ha. Very cute.

Lydja said...

Hahaha! Edin pulls this all the time. "If you want to go to Grandma's you have to take a good nap." He'll answer with "I don't want to go to Grandma's." Very short sited. I love children.

Shannon said...

Nice. Just what every mom wants to hear. Luckily she's just 3 (I think) and she still has time to change her mind. :)

Leslie said...

Thank you for the good chuckle. That was awesome! :)

Kawika said...

Hilarious!! Good thing she has time to change her mind, eh?