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A story about Amelie

Our computer has been broken for a while and Rick is trying to fix it, and in the process he had to delete all our pictures and document files from the computer (he saved them elsewhere of course). But because of this, I haven't been able to post any pics for a while and will not be able to until he fixes it.

With that said, I can tell you a cute little story about Amelie. Tonight we had family home evening and we started with a prayer. As usual I said "ok, it's time to fold your arms for prayer" looking directly at Chase. He didn't obey immediately (can you believe it?) and so Rick and I proceeded for the next 10 seconds to try to get his attention and get him to fold his arms. In the meantime I glanced over at Amelie and she was standing there like a little angel, with her arms folded, watching us. She's NEVER folded her arms for a prayer before and we haven't even tried teaching her yet, so we were amazed that she actually did it for the first time without us directly asking her to, and so patiently. It was darling. We just figured she wasn't old enough yet to learn. Little do we parents know.

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Clyda and John said…
That is way cute. Bennett started doing the same thing. The first time we asked him to fold his arms, he did. Like he had been doing it forever. I think as parents we would all be scared to know just how much our children are watching and learning from us.
5/13/2008
Karen said…
So sweet! We have a hard time getting Ethan to fold his arms too. Sometimes, we just start the prayer, hoping he'll catch on, but sometimes he gets really mad!
5/13/2008
Frozen Cacti said…
She is just precious.
5/13/2008
Jordan and Chandra Smith said…
Hey Amber, that is such a cute story about your little girl. You have such a cute little family, your kids are adorable.
5/16/2008

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