the typical bed time routine around here. Around 7:00pm, start encouraging, cajoling, and otherwise forcing the kids to get in their pajamas, brush and floss their teeth, read a story, read the scriptures and pray as a family, and then turn off the lights, rinse and repeat for each child.
On a good night we finish by 8:00pm. Scripture reading is often one parent holding the kids down, and the other parent reading a verse which after prayer no one is quite sure exactly what was read. Would it be too much to ask that the kids show some interest in reading the scriptures?
Tonight was different. Tonight Calvin was excited about reading the scriptures. He needed help on most of the big words, but for the most part was doing a great job. He read a verse, read a column, he read the whole page. Caleb figured out that he could not read while his brother was reading and started to very vocally object. Caleb came running at Calvin ready to dogpile him, because he wanted his turn to read. Caleb then read some verses, and then Calvin was ready to attack him because Calvin now wanted to read again.
I am not sure if I should be happy the kids are excited about the scriptures, or sad because they are fighting.
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