I love General Conference. So the title of this post might not seem to fit, but keep reading. I have really enjoyed the talks and music given today and can't wait for more tomorrow. It was exciting to hear about the new temples being built in Kansas City, Calgary/Alberta, Rome/Italy and I can't remember the other two at the moment. I loved Elder Bednar's talk on prayer and the talk on following the Savior given by one of the quorum of the 70 whose name I don't know at the moment. Elder Wirthlin's talk about being happy and finding happiness, even in trials - made me laugh until I cried when he told about the time his daughter was waiting for a blind date and accidentally went out into a car with a man (who seemed a little old for her) who was actually coming to pick up her sister to babysit his kids so he and his wife could go on a date! Oops. (o: I LOVED the primary children singing in the afternoon session of conference today - they were so sweet and the girls were excited to see children their age at conference!
On the other hand, the rest of the time we had a few issues. Mostly because I didn't prepare ahead of time. We had the girls listen on the couch to President Monson and then told them they could play quietly enough to listen to the other speakers. Ha - they fought and ran around and threw balls and laughed and basically ignored our requests. We finally told them they had to come sit down again and listen to the last part of conference. They were mad. I quickly printed up some of the cute conference packet papers (should have done that sooner) to keep them occupied. This seemed to be working until Natalie asked me in a whisper, "Mom, how do you spell 'I don't want to do this?" She was all ready to write down each letter. Then she showed me another paper that Sarah must have helped her spell, "I hate this day." Soon after, Angela asked me very sweetly, "I pick another movie to watch pitty peese?" Oh boy, I guess we've got some work to do on helping our kids get enthusiastic about conference.
By the end, Sarah and Natalie were putting tally marks next to key words like "prayer", "prophet", etc. as they heard them being spoken. Whew - they got something out of the last 10 minutes at least. We'll do better tomorrow. (o:
3 comments:
Hi Jen! Hilarious post...I can SO relate! We fixed bags of what the kids call "trail mix" and they get a certain kind of treat each time they hear a corresponding word. Sort of like your tally marks -- but with food. It worked really well for us today, but required a trip to the store at 9 a.m.....
I like Heidi's idea, I should try that. I love how the little ones ask us to help them spell things that they don't want to say outloud. I guess it teaches them journal writing. Funny girls!
jen, so funny. your girls make me laugh. i sure miss them being around. you always have so much fun in oregon. i love all the pictures from your fun adventures. our conference watching hasn't been much better, even with food and conference bingo. it doesn't help that the airshow is flying around our house right now. rachel
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