A Sunbeam! A Sunbeam!

Layla had her first week in her Sunbeam class at church last week! This class is for the three year olds who will turn four throughout the year, so basically all of her little friends are in her class. It is very different from nursery, where they played with toys and had snacks. In Sunbeams, they attend Primary with all of the older kids for the first hour where they sing primary songs and have short lessons about gospel topics. The second hour is spent in a class with the kids who are their same age and they have another lesson on a different gospel topic (though due to their young age and inability to sit still for very long, they also take a trip to the bathroom and drinking fountain and spend time coloring and playing quiet games).

She insisted on standing in the sun for her "sun"beam picture.
(Doesn't make for the best pic, but oh well.)

I almost teared up seeing her sit in her big girl seat in a row with the other kids in Primary! She looked so grown up! She truly enjoyed her first week, which was a relief. I was worried she wouldn't like it since it's such a change from nursery, but she seemed to genuinely enjoy it. I'm glad and I hope she will feel the spirit and gain a testimony of her own in Primary. Funny thing though, when we asked her what she learned about she said, "Heavenly Father and that He loves us, but Cambria said that He doesn't love parents." Ha, ha, ha! She's already hearing false doctrine! And from another three year old too! Ha! We laughed so hard! We told her that God does indeed love parents, that in fact He loves everyone, and she seemed to understand. Whew! Glad we could clear that up. I'm so proud of my little Sunbeam and I love her so much!

Her latest smile and pose. Silly and cute.

I thought I'd include the lyrics to "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam," since Layla loves that song so much. Click here to listen to it:

1. 1. Jesus wants me for a sunbeam,
   To shine for him each day;
   In ev'ry way try to please him,
   At home, at school, at play.
2. 2. Jesus wants me to be loving
   And kind to all I see,
   Showing how pleasant and happy
   His little one can be.
3. Chorus
   A sunbeam, a sunbeam,
   Jesus wants me for a sunbeam.
   A sunbeam, a sunbeam,
   I'll be a sunbeam for him.

Funny

I had to write down two things Layla said today that I can't stop laughing about:

• We were grocery shopping and she loves to weigh things in the little scales in the produce section. She weighed a package of nuts and then told me, "Whew, that was heavy! It tooked a lot of muscles! It's a good thing I ate my pancakes this morning!" 
• She has been on a kick lately where she keeps asking me to leave her home alone. She insists that "I can take care of myself" and swears she wouldn't be scared to be home alone (ya right!). I asked her who would make her lunch if she was home alone and she said, "Oh, well I can just open the pantry and ..." (at this point I'm expecting her to say that she can eat whatever she can reach on the shelf, but instead she says), "eat whatever I want!" So now I finally know why she wants to stay home alone ... so she can have full reign of the pantry! Ha, ha! 
• I would also like to add that ever since we grounded her from playing with friends for a day she has been much more well behaved! She hasn't been grounded since and has had no problem getting in the bath. In fact, the night after the bath/grounding incident, at bath time she said, "Bath time really isn't that bad." Then the next night after that she didn't want to get in and Mitch said, "Remember, you said that bath time really isn't that bad," and then Layla said, "Oh ya!" and got in the bath. Silly girl. Also, over the weekend Mitch, Layla, Marcus and I went and played arcade games at Boondocks. Layla loved it and kept asking me all day today when we can go back. It was a fun family memory.