The Prophet Book

A while back, Grandma Becky got Ashton an illustrated Book of Mormon. He is absolutely obsessed with it! He calls it the Prophet Book and runs for it first thing every morning. He sits and reads it to himself while I keep "sleeping" for as long as possible. But eventually he always says, "Mommy wake up! Mommy read it!"

Anyway, I made a video of Ashton discussing the things he has learned from the Prophet Book. Since he is talking quiet and hard to understand, I posted a transcript of the video below. So if you want to open it in another window and follow along, you can.

Me: What book is that, Ashton? What is this?

Ashton: Prophet book.

M: Yeah. And who is on the front, who is that?

A: Nephi.

M: And who else?

A: Lehi.

M: And what did Lehi find?

A: Hona Ball! [That's what he calls the Liahona.]

M: And what are they doing?

A: Big boat. Build a big boat to go big blue water.

M: That’s right.

A: Laman and Lemuel! And Sam.

M: Yeah. Now look at this page. Can you sing the Nephi song? Sing the Nephi song.

A: Lord commanded Nephi, go and get plates

From the wicked Laban, inside the city gates

Laman and Lemuel, both afraid to try

Nephi was…

M: Nephi was…

A: Courageous! This his reply.

I will do…

M: I will do…

A: Things…

M: The things…

A: The Lord…commands!

Provide…me to…

M: Wants me to…

A: To obey!

M: Good job.

A: That page…

M: What’s this page back here? Here, show me this one. Right here. Who are all these guys? Who’s that?

A: Jared.

M: Jared, that’s right. Brother of Jared, huh?

A: Touching the rocks.

M: And who’s that?

A: Lehi.

M: Lehi? And who’s that?

A: Nephi.

M: Nephi. Who’s that?

A: Sam. Laman and Lemuel!

M: Yeah, who’s that?

A: Alma.

M: Alma. Who’s that?

A: Bin-dai! Bin-dai. [That's what he calls Abinadi.]

M: Abinadi. And who’s he talking to?

A: King Noah.

M: King Noah. Who’s that?

A: Jesus.

M: Jesus, huh? And who’s that?

A: Mormon.

M: Mormon. Who’s that?

A: Ammon!

M: Ammon!

A: Him…no… [This is what he says when he doesn't know who someone is.]

M: King Lamoni.

A: King Moni.

M: Who is this?

A: Moroni.

M: Moroni. And who is that?

A: Joseph Smith.

M: Joseph Smith. Do you love the prophet book? (He nods yes.) Yeah? What’s your favorite story in the prophet book?

A: Nephi. Nephi.