Be as a little child

There's never a dull moment in the Lewis home. Sometimes it's crazy, sometimes it's fun, and sometimes, it's just downright awesome.

We had a momentus occasion tonight. Jonathan pooped in the potty. Now I understand that, to some people, an almost four year old going poop in the potty isn't a big deal, but here, it's wonderful! We've been struggling with potty training for over a year, so his coming and telling me BEFORE he went in his pants was great. We rewarded him with six pennies (he uses them to "buy" skittles from a candy machine in our kitchen), and he was as thrilled about the whole thing as we were.

Anyway, besides potty training, we've been teaching Jonathan the proper way to say prayer. They've been teaching him cute little prayers at preschool, but nothing like he should be praying....you know, stuff like "A B C D E F G, thank you God for feeding me." Cute, but we want him to learn the right way, so we're teaching him about "school" prayers and "church" prayers. He had a turn at saying prayer in Primary at church the other two weeks ago, and he did great. He's been dong very well, and we've continued since then to work on it, to the point where he says them by himself sometimes.

Anyway, tonight he said his prayers before bed, and he said "Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for me going pee pee and poop in the potty. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen." Wow. Can you get any simpler? My almost four year old son thought to thank our Father in Heaven for what most people would consider the smallest of all blessings. To him, and to us, it was a huge deal though. I'm amazed at Jonathan, and I know that HE can teach ME a great deal about humility and thankfulness, if only I'll watch and listen.

"...and a little child shall lead them." Isaiah 11:6