Teaching children by example has always been my motto of parenting. Unfortunately, the downside is that they learn the bad stuff too. But then there are those times when kids do things that just melt your heart.
One of those times was last night when we all knelt down to pray as a family. We have started including Josie in our family prayers (this means we do evening prayers about 6pm because of Josie's bedtime). But last night we were trying to get Alex to kneel down and fold his arms to show Josie the right way to pray. Alex didn't seem to want to be very obedient at that time. Josie, on the other hand, was very willing to be obedient. She crawled over to the couch and it looked like she was trying to climb up on the couch; but she knelt up and put her hands together and just looked at Shiree and I, as if to say "Look, Mom and Dad, I am ready for prayers." We were shocked and impressed all at the same time. Then she started crawling around and a few seconds later, she knelt up again and put her hands together and looked at us again. It was soooooooooo cute. So we used that opportunity to explain to Alex that Josie was ready for prayers and he wasn't.
Kids. Aren't they precious?!?!?!
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I don't think I realize how much this girl understands. But, she does love to mimic everything. What a sweetheart!
She didn't just put her hands together, she folded them! And with her little cast, it was even cuter.
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