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You know when you have two or three or four little kids at home all day and life gets pretty taxing and exhausting? But you also know those two or three moments each day that melt your heart make you think how much you love your kiddies and it is so worth the pain? I just had one of those with Kinsey, and I just had to write about it. For some odd reason both of the boys fell asleep early tonight so Kinsey and I got to spend some one on one time, and she was so delightful. She helped me wash the dishes, clean the floor, make brownies (and eat them and the batter, so yummy), take them to a neighbor, and she was so happy the whole time just chatting away. She kept asking, "What else can I help with mom?" I just love that she is growing up and when it is just us we have really fun "girl time". Then, we went and got ready for bed and she said the sweetest prayer I have ever heard. "Dear Heavenly Father, I'm thankful for my mom, dad, Connor, and Gage. I am thankful for this beautiful life. I am grateful for this home. I am grateful for the spirit. Please help me be a good girl and be helpful. And to always choose the right. Please help my family to be true. (not quite sure what this means but she likes to say this in her prayers and it's pretty dang cute). Help us to have the spirit..." Her prayers are always very sweet and she always prays for someone outside of our immediate family. She hasn't gotten into the repetition thing too much yet, so it's fun to hear what she says each night as she prays to her Father in Heaven. This is definitely one of the moments I look forward to each day that melts my heart and gives me the strength to keep on trucking. Sometimes I think I'm totally failing my kids, but then there are little times when I get a small glimpse of what they are learning and it gives me so much hope. Hope that all of this hard work will eventually pay off and my kids will turn into actual decent adults. Hopefully. : )