We had the missionaries over for dinner (we’re trying to have them once a month at least until the baby comes) and they sat on the couch for a minute with the kids while we got dinner on… the kids gave them a book and the patient elders were kind enough to read it to them. “Go, Dog, Go!” As Christopher listened he announced, “Hey, this is about prepositions!! I’m learning those!” One missionary says, “It’s about what?” with a big grin and we all laughed. I’m happy something is sinking in with our language lessons.

And actually those language lessons are getting HARD, we’re half way through the second grade work but Christopher just memorized the definition of a preposition and is now memorizing a LIST of prepositions which means I have to memorize them, too… aboard, about, above, across, along, after, before, behind, below, between, etc, etc, etc. It’s a LOT! My brain is having to work in ways it’s not worked for years…

Missionary dinners - so far we’ve done homemade pizza & salad and cookies for dessert; ham (one of those big ol’ pig legs we love) & cheesy potatoes with peas and buttermilk cake for dessert; buttermilk pancakes, sausage, orange juice, strawberry sauce, homemade pancake syrup, and fresh fruit (grapes, plums, apples.) Not sure what we’ll do next, I think we can manage one more dinner before Mojo arrives. I need to figure out what to serve…

Yum! And funny moment. It’s a good chance for us to practice dinner manners with the kids in front of guests, entertaining and polite dinner conversation, and a chance to serve the missionaries. And they aren’t picky guests so it’s a low pressure way to help them out.

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