{i love you}

Today Henry and Eliza really surprised me. 

 I had to record it now before I forgot.

It really is a milestone for both of them...

They told each other "I love you"

...spontaneously

 ...and with no prompts from me or Chris.

They were sitting and eating fresh strawberries at the table.  Henry was in an especially good mood because he had prepared them all by himself...which he loves!  He got them out of the fridge and got out a bowl and a butter knife and the strainer and a cutting board.  He washed the strawberries, cut off the stems and put the strawberries in a bowl.  I told him he had to share them with Eliza.  They were sharing really well and then they got down to the last strawberry...part of it already in his mouth.  Then Eliza asked very sweetly if she could have it.  Henry looked at me and I asked what he thought Jesus would do if he had one strawberry left, maybe he would bite it in half.  Henry bit part of it off and put it in Eliza's mouth.

  Their faces were really close to each other and Henry said..."I love you Eliza".

Eliza said "I love you"!

Then they hugged each other.

Um....that seriously melted my heart for so many reasons.

  I explained to Henry that he was so happy and felt so much love for her right then because he had served her and helped her and we love people we serve.  This truly was a beautiful moment for them to experience and for a mom to witness.  Parenting can be very difficult...sibling fighting can be soooo frustrating, BUT then you have moments like this and I think you get a glimpse of the plan of salvation and why Heavenly Father chose to put us in families... and what we can learn and feel as a family that will bring us all home together.