Gem

It seems like I only ever talk about Levi on the blog, but I really do have two other children.

Yesterday was a good day with Gem. I was able to give her a haircut. It was only the second haircut of her whole life, besides bang trims. She sat on the counter and watched Dragon Tales the whole time I was cutting her hair. I think I did pretty good for my very first time cutting girl hair.

Last night for Family Home Evening we wanted to talk about giving to people. We weren't sure how it was going to go over. We explained that not everyone gets presents on Christmas, but we could help some boys and girls to get presents if we

give them some of our toys. So we went down into the playroom and told Gem we wanted to think of ten of our toys to give other boys and girls as presents. Without even blinking Gem started to pick out her favorite toys to give to other people. We explained that we have lots of baby dolls and two baby strollers,

and so maybe someone else wants a baby doll and a baby stroller. So she helped me pick out the

best baby doll and some clothes and accessories to give to someone else. She also gave away one of her laptop toy computers, and some blocks and various other toys. Then she picked up her stuffed Sleeping Beauty and said "maybe someone would want to play

with Rose". I was really surprised because she loves all of her princesses. So I thought maybe she didn't understand that we were giving these toys away. So I told her that if she gave Rose away she wouldn't be able to play with her anymore. She looked at me and said "It's ok, I have Cinderella I can play with, and someone else can play with Rose, and then we can both play with a

princess." I hope we can teach all of our children to be as generous as Gem.