I need some more Bishops

Tonight for family home evening we had a little lesson on tithing. Eric brought out 10 pennies, 10 dimes, and 10 quarters. I found it quite humorous that as soon as the girls saw what he had they both crowded around him. Sadie seemed especially excited and kept on saying "money" in her excited voice. Brooklyn just wanted to hold them in her own two hands. I'm amazed at how quickly children learn that something is important and something desirable to have. Eric proceeded to help Brooklyn count the pennies, Sadie held her dimes and "counted" them with me. I had a tithing envelope that I brought out as Eric explained that we put one penny of every 10 in the envelope to give to Heavenly Father through our Bishop. Brooklyn put all her money in the envelope as did Sadie. They counted the money and put it in and out of the envelope several times. After Brooklyn and Sadie had put all the money in the envelope, Brooklyn looked at Eric and said "I need some more Bishops," meaning more money to put in the tithing envelope. We both just laughed. Oh the joys of children.

Sadie is also teething again/still and I think they've been hurting her today. She's been weepy and keeps chewing on her fingers. A couple hours after we'd put her to bed she woke up crying. I brought her out and cuddled with her in my lap while Eric and I finished enjoying a show on the Discover channel (it was on extreme bodies with obesity and conjoined twins, we like the medical field and find it interesting, surprise anyone?). Anyway Sadie was sitting on my lap and a commercial for How It's Made was on and this episode was going to show how they make nuts. I said to Eric in a whisper that I thought you just planted them, waited for them to grow and then harvest them and said we'd better stay up to see how exactly they do make nuts. We commented back and forth in a whisper for a minute kind of giggling to ourselves, when Sadie who has been sleeping in my lap and hasn't shown any sign of consciousness at all whispers, "Shhhh! Quiet!" Eric and I were stifling our laughter and trying not to be too noisy since it was obviously a time to be quiet. I guess she was just pretending to be sleeping.

I love my girls!