What a weekend.
Ah, General Conference weekend.
For those of us of the LDS faith (aka Mormons) it is a time for us to gather around our televisions... or rather, laptop computer screen in our case, and listen to the guidance and counsel of the prophet and apostles. (it was down-right incredible too)
It is also a time for those of us with small children to stretch our imaginations and expand our creativity as we seek to find ways to keep our children calm and quiet during the eight hours of conference that stretch over Saturday and Sunday.
Let it be known here on public record, that our children made it almost a whole half hour before the poking, fighting, laughing, and playing took over any sense of tranquility we attempted.
A whole half hour!
Yes, at times such as this, one must boast of their accomplishments, bask in their achievements, and invite others to pat them on the back for a job well done.
As this is the new record in our house, I guess come October, we'll shoot for 45 minutes.
Of course, by then we'll have another little body to work with so.... on second thought, we'll shoot for maintaining our half hour record.
Of course, this half-hour record was just the beginning of the first two-hour session, on Saturday morning.
We just won't bring up all the other sessions, okay?
Eh hem... okay then.
At one point I even thought my children were actually listening.
"Mom? What does 'holy scwipture' mean?"
"Mommy? What does 'baptize' mean?"
"Mommy! She said 'pwimary'!"
But soon it all started to digress as the decided that they were just too funny for themselves to handle.
"Mommy? What does 'crayon' mean? Hahaha!"
"Mom, what does 'carpet' mean? Argh har har!"
"Mommy? What does 'dirty sock' mean?" Pwah ha ha ha ha!! I said 'dirty sock'! Mwah ha ha ha!"
Even Alayna managed to squeeze in a joke or two.
"Eh diaper! *giggle* Diaper diaper! Hahaha!"
Ya... it was in that moment that I knew we had lost them.
Well, at least we tried.
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