A Good Day

It's truly days like these that I'd like to bottle up and store forever, to be looked at and remembered with satisfaction. Last week, I could have sworn I had the primary falling all around me. I had never witnessed such rudeness, such downright disrespect in all my life. I was ready to throw in the towel (and every child too). Thank goodness for awesome, truly inspired presidencies though. After a meeting and a strategy, we were all uplifted and ready to take it all back on today. And you know what? It was like having a completely different group of kids today. My wiggly disruptive ones actually sat the whole time and paid attention. We didn't have to speak to them once! And let me tell you, that hasn't happened since before I was made president (over a year ago). The kids sang wonderfully, loudly and yet reverently. Joycelyn, you'd have been impressed. To top it off, the bishopric told me that I'm getting two more people as primary workers. :)
Well, needless to say, I was on a great spiritual high when I got home. We figured out the quirks and everything's falling into place. The absolute best part--Evelyn woke up from a nap this afternoon and the first thing she said as she entered the living room:
"Daddy, I have a tummy ache. May I have a blessing?"
This truly is proof that very young kids can learn at their tender ages. She is only in nursery and she knows exactly what can help her when she isn't feeling good. She knows that her daddy can give blessings because he holds the priesthood. What a wonderful blessing that is. Such simple faith and knowledge on her part. And it all fits in with the theme which we've been learning/teaching in primary--my faith in Jesus Christ grows as I learn about the restoration of the gospel. It's because of the restoration that she's able to receive that blessing. Julia's old enough that she comprehends this. And she loves to find ways to equate all this knowledge into her own experiences.
It's days like this that I feel truly blessed.