The Moncurs: January 2015

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Random

My newest hat that Santa brought me from the NP; I have nearly as many hats as shoes

Some new Pink VS blankets and socks I am crushing on right now

Sprained neck = Jammies all day; at least I can love on my new hat

Beckahm's First Talk in Church

Beckahm was assigned to give his first talk in primary and it was only his second week since advancing to Sunbeams. The theme was "Jesus is the Son of God." The week prior I had printed pictures and came up with a simple talk he could give about Jesus. I was so proud of him when I told him we were going to practice every day. Literally after the first time I ran through the talk with him he had it memorized—such a smart kid. We encouraged him and got him excited about it all week long; he knew it by heart and was so excited for the big day. Beckahm does so much better in life situations when you explain things in advance so we got to church a bit early on Sunday and he practiced standing at the podium, in the primary room and he did his talk so well. When it came time for primary Mike and I stood in the back of the room and watched while they did opening exercises....it was so precious to watch how quiet, reverent and obedient he was. As it was nearing time for him to give his talk he would turn around and look at us, giving us a HUGE grin, and a thumbs up—so adorable. I helped him up on the stand and the minute he got up there he became a bit scared and he asked me to help him. He would whisper the talk in my ear and then I would say it into the microphone. I was seriously so proud of him; he was so brave and did such an amazing job!

As Mike and I were walking around the building getting some church stuff done I had three different people come up to me and tell me things about Beckahm that they thought were amazing and loved. The husband of his Sunbeam teacher approached me and said "I just have to tell you what a stud Beckahm is; I had to go into Sunbeams last week to help my wife because two of the girls were misbehaving and Beckahm was being so good; he was acting to reverent and listening and being such a good example and leader. He is seriously such a cool kid!"

Then the lady that plays the piano came out of the primary room and said "that Beckahm is amazing! He is on a roll in there! They keep asking questions and he just raises his hand and says 'I can do that' to everything they ask! What a confident little boy he is!" One of the teachers came out and patted Mike and I on the back and said "whatever you are doing with that child is truly spectacular; that Beckahm is just so confident and believes he can do anything, which is something you don't see a lot in children today. We asked who in the room could build a house, climb a tree. . . and every question he said "I can do that!" As she told me this tear filled my eyes and I felt such pride swell inside my heart. I told her how much this meant to hear because this was one of the hardest struggles for Beckahm since he was little, little: he would always say "I can't do it!" And he would give up on whatever he felt he couldn't do: going down the stairs, riding a bike, getting dressed, etc." And now look, here is is today, after we coached him time and again, pushed him, and told him "I can't do it" is not something we say in our home," standing confident in Primary giving a talk, reciting his Articles of Faith, and telling the class that he can do things! I can't explain how proud I am of this little boy. There is truly nothing that brings me greater joy than seeing your children succeed in life!

Date Night: Sharing is Caring

This little kid honestly astonishes me every day. We made vision boards for the boys a few days ago and one of the things we wanted Becks to work on this year was sharing so we added a picture of two kids sharing an ice cream cone. We didn't talk about the vision board after that and two days later I took him on a date.

First off he the minute he saw the photo booth at the mall he insisted on taking pictures together. He was so excited when he pulled them out of the box after they had printed; he held on to them tightly and said "mom, don't you just love our pictures; I LOVE our pictures!!" Then I took him to the toy store to play and then we went to get ice cream. As we were walking from the toy store to get ice cream I told him that on a date you held the girls hand; he took my hand in his and we walked together hand in hand through the mall :), then as we were going to get ice cream he said "mom, you are the BEST mom ever! I am having so much fun on our date! I just love you so much; you are the best mom!"

I was going to get him a cone at McDonalds but he spied a Hagendas ice cream parlor that we had passed and he insisted on ice cream from there. I held him up to show him the flavors and told him what was in each container and out of all of them he picked strawberry—this kid has always known exactly what he wants :).

As we are eating ice cream and between his "mmmm this is so goods," I could tell he was in deep thought. As two guys passed us he noticed what they were wearing which spawned this conversation he had with me: "mom, when you are on a date you wear clothes right? You aren't naked." Then as he is eating his ice cream, out of no where he says, "mom, sharing is caring!" And then he handed me his ice cream cone and told me to take a bite. He then says to me, "when you have ice cream you share it with a friend right? Just like on my vision board!" I was seriously so astounded! Tears filled up in my eyes; some times you don't know if things are registering with your kids and then out of no where they surprise you. This was just another lesson to me that it is never to young to start teaching them important principles and character traits; that these precious little souls are like sponges and will and can absorb everything you teach them. We are truly their only outlet to the outside world at this crucial time in their lives; how important it is to teach them valuable, life long lessons!