Sweet moment with Tallie

Tonight Tallie wanted to read stories out of the Friend.

We read one about a girl who was confused about whether or not the Book of Mormon was fiction or nonfiction. She prayed to know whether the Book is true or not.

After the story Tallie told me that earlier today she prayed 2 times that Heavenly Father would help her get her doll unstuck from the ball popper and nothing. He didn't come down and help.

I asked her if her doll ever got unstuck and she said yes.

It was a good opportunity for me to teach her that sometimes Heavenly Father answers our prayers through other people.

I asked her who got her doll out.

She said dad helped her.

You could just see the wheels turning in her head and she smiled and said,

"Maybe Jesus told dad in his mind that I needed help." I told her that the Holy Ghost can prompt us and whisper in our minds and hearts if and how we can help people. And that it is through the Holy Ghost and through other people our prayers are answered. She then reminded me of the time that Jade slept over at our house and how she bit a hole in her tongue. In the mist of all the screaming and crying Tallie said she went into another room and said a prayer for Jade to get better.

My eyes got blurry as I sat there and listened to my sweet little 6 year old experiment with prayer and watch her testimony grow.

I love how the Spirit works in each of our lives.

Lately I have been having "mom moments" which are me evaluating my parenting and what I need to work on and do better. Having said that there will be some changes in our house.

We have started as a family to learn and memorize the articles of faith.

Each month I will print and post one article on the fridge and when the girls are able to recite it without reading it we will start another.

Instead of watching TV shows after school while eating lunch I want the girls to watch all of the different Letter Factory movies.

We will get on our chore system and we will start giving allowances.

I have been in a serious organizing kick and am de junking and cleaning out drawers and cabinets, pantries and adding in organizing systems that make things flow and my life easier. Wish I would have done some of this stuff years ago.