Today was a record setting day for us.

1. Levi decided he did not like the taste of the sacrament bread and so he SPIT it back into the tray and picked another one instead. In horror I grabbed both of the pieces he touched from the tray as fast as I could, passed the tray on to Rock, and then reprimanded Levi for such an act. Whereupon he started to cry very loudly and had to be taken out of sacrament meeting. I was feeling bad for coming down so hard on him about it, (though, can you blame me? I was only thinking of the very unlucky person behind us who would have gotten a soggy piece of pre-chewed bread!) until I found that the reason he was crying was not a. because he felt bad, or b. that I was too hard in my reprimand, but because c. he hadn’t gotten any bread.
Record #1 set today: First child of ours to actually spit out the sacrament bread back into the tray. If this isn’t the biggest case of “Don’t eat the dandelions!” I don’t’ know what is!

2. Liberty was fussy and had to be taken out. When she calmed down we came back in and continued listening to the meeting. All of a sudden we heard a loud BAM! and then a wail and I turned to find that Liberty had launched herself in a nose dive back into the next pew and was now laying on the floor screaming. For a split second I looked at Rock in utter shock that he had missed this and he looked back at me in shock that I had missed it and then we both looked at the parent in the pew behind us in shock that HE too had missed this. Then, I half replicated her nose dive over the pew just to get her off the floor and ran from the room with her hugged tight to me as she continued her wailing. Luckily, she was not injured, just frightened. Favorite comment from a bystander: “Wow, your kid sure doesn’t bounce does she?”
Record #2 set today: First one of our children to fly over the back of the pew head first into someone else’s pew.

3. Liberty was fussy two more times during the meeting and had to be taken out. Rock brought her back in for the closing song figuring that she would be able to last that long. Nope.
Record #3 set today: Most times in one sacrament meeting that one of our children had to be taken out.

4. Ok, this is a good one. Reagan gave a talk today in primary that he wrote all by himself about choosing the right. It refers to something he did for me a few weeks ago that I already posted on here, but it’s infinitely better in his own words! Here it is, spelling mistakes and wording exactly as he wrote it:

I’m going to tell you that besides dad I sleep the most! So one morning mom woke me up way after all my brothers (as usual) and I could seriously tell she was not haveing a verey good morning. So I did my jobs trying to be as good as possible and after I finished I started drawing. Mean while Mom was frustrated with my brothers and trying to make fudge. then she realized she had forgotten the vanilla! She got out the blender and sure enough right after she turned it on, Liberty, my baby sister started screaming. Then the blenders broke. Now imagin you sitting in the livingroom drawing while your Mom is having a HORROR morning!!! I didn’t feel verey good abaut that. So I snuk into Libys room. She stared at me like I was a maniac, but I didn’t care. I changed her diaper, got her dressed, and did her hair. Mom loved this and I was happy for the rest of the day. When you do something good Heavenly Father blesses you or makes you happy. in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.
Record #4 set today: First child of ours to write his very own talk! The oohs and awes in the primary room from all the other moms over his diaper changing ability AND writing his own talk and the fact that the kids laughed at the right spots expanded Reagan’s head size by quite a bit. He was flying high when he stepped down from the little primary podium today. And I have to admit, so was his mom.