Thursday, March 31, 2011

Sweet Benny

Look at this goofy kid! The hair!

Last  night I decided we needed an impromptu FHE.  My sister in law, Jamie, gave us a bunch of Living Scriptures VHS so I popped one in last night. It was the Journey to the Promised Land one. Bennett ate it up, he loved it!  I think he couldn't believe that I was letting him watch a movie about 2 sons who wanted to kill their father and brother.  I'm hoping he understood the message after we talked about it and doesn't dwell on the "mean brothers".

During the ship in the storm scene we had this conversation:

Ben: "Is that Heavenly Father" (pointing to Lamen)
me: "No, that's Lamen. He's the mean brother"
Ben: "Where's Heavenly Father?"
Me: "In Heaven."
Ben: "Where's Heaven?"
Me: "Um....." trying to think of a way to explain it to a four year old, "in the sky"
Ben: (nodding like "oh yeah") "and you talk to him like this?" He crossed his arms and bowed his head.
Me: "Yep."
Ben: "I want to talk to him right now!"
Me: " Okay" I paused the movie.
Bennett folded his arms and said: "Dear Heavenly Father, we just loved this day and help us to get better, help Mama to get better really fast. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."
Oh geez, could this kid be any more sweet?! Then he gave me a great big hug. Made my day, week, YEAR!  

Earlier in the movie when Nephi was building the boat he said he wished he would grow up to be a daddy and build a cool boat. 

I love the Living Scripture tapes. I remember watching them as a kid, we never owned them (can't remember where I would watch them). I wish they weren't so dang expensive. (Seriously folks, an arm and a leg.) Thanks to Aunt Jamie for giving us all their old VHS tapes. 
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Raising Cain, The Emotional Lives of Boys. Read it, just do it. It's only 258 pages long and it will change how you view and interact with boys. If you have a boy in your life, whether you're a parent, teacher, mentor or friend, you need to read this.
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