We have set a goal to read the Book of Mormon as a family this year and learn the Articles of Faith. The kids have done AMAZINGLY with the Articles of Faith. I decided with my two, the best way to teach them would be through the songs. Since we sing a song every night with family prayer, stories, and scriptures, it fit in perfectly! They learned the first one in two weeks. Then the second. But in that time, we had a lot of sickness, so today was their first Sunday at church to pass off their Articles of Faith.
Abby got up and stood there for a second, and then I moved to the front row and said, "Just sing it so you don't forget - "We Be-" and she took off! She sang the first article of faith, everyone laughed at how cute it was, and . . . WOW! I realized that Abby sang her first solo. She was so confident and so proud and did so well. It really almost made me cry.
Then Isaac got up to do his first article of faith. At that moment, they were trying to wind things down and kind of hurrying through everything. So I think he could feel that. At the same time, he asks every week to stand up and talk at the microphone like the other kids. SO when he finally GOT to get up to the microphone -- he laughed and smiled and then I told him the same as Abby. But he tried to say it instead. Probably because all the other kids did. "We believe in God the Eternal Fader and Jesus Christ and I love my mom and dad and . . ." By then everyone was laughing, and so was Isaac, and the Primary President told him to sit down that he could try again next week.
Hopefully there's more time this week and they can do the first and second -- and then I'll feel better about moving onto the third and not having so many "song choices" that start with "We Believe" running through their little heads.
I couldn't be more proud of my kids!
7 years ago
