Brooky's Answered Prayer

Monday night we had enchiladas for dinner. Brooky doesn't like enchiladas. The rule at our house is "eat it, or go hungry". If one chooses to "go hungry", one may not have a snack before bedtime. Hence the "go hungry" part. Brooklyn sat at the table for more than 2 hours picking at the food that I'm sure she knew she wasn't going to eat. I finally told her that her chance to eat was gone and she couldn't have ice cream after FHE. She got mad and cried.

It was Brent's turn for FHE. One of our stake goals this year is to have one FHE lesson each month that focuses on the temple. Brent did a great job explaining and talking to the kids about temple marriages and how they should decide right now not to settle for anything less. It was a great family night. The kids paid attention and contributed to the discussion. I love that they are old enough to discuss and ask questions. Anyway, after the lesson Brent asked Brooklyn to say the closing prayer. She started with the usual stuff and then said "....and please bless Mommy to let me have some ice cream...."

Brooklyn got her ice cream.....but not as much as everyone else.

Comments

Tarbet Times said…
I knew you were a soft touch!
Thursday, February 25, 2010 3:35:00 PM
Swainston Family said…
Brenton ALWAYS does stuff like that. His evening prayers are especially like that. He always asks for mommy to not be mad, or to let him stay up later, or to let him have another snack...etc.. Sadly, his prayers aren't always answered as he'd like them to be. :)
Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:03:00 PM
Liz said…
Prayers from Children are so strong. I really pay attention to what they say in their prayers so I don't say amen to the wrong thing! (My story of Allie's pregnancy!)
Friday, February 26, 2010 7:39:00 AM
Tami said…
Liz, I never heard the story of how Allie came to be. Do tell.
Friday, February 26, 2010 9:12:00 AM
Liz said…
I'll do a post on my blog about it. It's a really funny story. Really.
Friday, February 26, 2010 9:20:00 AM
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