Tonight Henry had a fireside to attend at church - his first. It was for all the kids who are turning 8 this year; kind of a preparation for baptism thing. How in the world did I end up with a child turning eight? Seriously, when we bought our current house and moved to Hyde Park he wasn't even 18 months old and all of the sudden he's going to be eight this year?
Apparently Jay and I have done a lousy job of preparing him for baptism. He thought we all had to wear white to the baptism, then got confused and thought he had to wear all white to the fireside. Hmmm, I guess we better have a few lessons on baptism during Family Home Evening this year.
Anyway, the fireside was good. I didn't go (it didn't start until 6 pm and that's cutting it a little close to Tessa's bedtime to expect her to sit still for a fireside) but Jay and Henry went. They talked to them a bit about what it is like to be baptized and presented them with a bookmark, a picture of Jesus being baptized by John the Baptist and some gum (for "chewsing" to make the decision to be baptized). They had cake, which is always nice. And Jay and I are excited to work with Henry and teach him about the gospel a little more in depth so he is prepared when the big day arrives (probably the first Saturday in August, which is August 1st).
After Jay brought Henry home from the fireside he had to run back to church for the Priesthood Preview (he teaches the 11 year olds in Primary and so was asked to participate in the program). Just for fun, he's been calling it the "Terrific to be Twelve" fireside all week. But it had William feeling a little left out, so I had assure him that while it might be Great to Be Eight and Terrific to be Twelve, I thought it was Fabulous to be Five.
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