This time there was a slight problem... Corban had decided to go ahead and use his own little three year old finger as Evelyn's new pacifier. I look over from watching Elder Packers talk and I see a brief vision of all of the nasty germs that are probably on my sons hands that are not going in my baby girls mouth...not a pretty vision I assure you!
I quickly inform Corban that he needs to remove his fingers from her mouth, and he, sensing my frustration, replies, "but Mom does it!"
I had to chuckle a little bit, because it was true...sometimes Amber will put her finger in Evelyn's mouth and allow her to gnaw on it for a bit. The difference is obviously that Ambers hands are much cleaner than Corban's...but he doesn't understand that...he just knows that he sees a Mom do it.
It got me thinking a lot about things. Interesting thing was that earlier in the conference I had the spirit whispering to me about making sure that everything I do would be something that I would want my kids to do, because they will do whatever they see me do. I think it is safe to say that is true. Jesus taught in John 5 that He only did the things that He saw His Father do. Our kids are the same way. They will do the things that they see us do.
Unfortunately this makes me feel a little guilty...I am far from perfect and I hope that my sons are about twenty times the father that I am, but it does make me want to recommit to do the things that I would want to see them do. I hope that in the future that I can be more like my Savior and more like my Heavenly Father in my actions so that I can feel more comfortable with my kids saying, "but Dad does it", and not feel bad that they are doing it. Hopefully they are getting those good things that my wife does (such as demonstrating how to soothe and take care of a baby) to even out the silly things that I often find myself doing. Hopefully I can recommit to being the father that I should be as I recognize the importance of the example that I set.
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