Super Sunday Morning!

Sunday started at 7 am, but with DST it was technically 6 am! That is way too early for this mommy, but the big kids were up and ready to go! It is amazing how many things can get done if the day starts at 6. By 8 am I had the kitchen cleaned up, dishwasher unloaded, shower done, make-up done, and hair done. PHEW! Now on to breakfast since the kids were getting hungry. As I peeled the kids away from their morning baby-sitter (aka the Disney Channel: rare tv occasion in our home!) T got out of bed and was ready to start the day. Now we have been talking about starting to go to church for a while now and decided it was time to embark upon this adventure. After breakfast we all finished getting ready for church and we had plenty of time to spare before we headed out. The kids have been so excited about the idea of going to church and getting to be in God’s house that they could hardly walk, literally they were jumping and bouncing all over the place. When we got to church the kids were in awe. J immediately said something to the effect of: ‘Do we get to go in that castle over there?’.  After we got to church we, of course, had bathroom breaks and a few minutes of getting settled. Now I must make a side note here and mention that our kids are ‘typical kids’ and are often unpredictable. They were all behaving wonderfully until church started; we told them it was time to be quiet and that we could not talk anymore. E immediately said that he did not want to be quiet and that he was going to talk followed by some yelling! All I could think of was… we are about 1 minute into church and we are already falling apart, this is not going to end well! After a few minutes, T came back in with E and was able to stay for the next 35 minutes or so! The kids did amazing reading books and playing with the beanie baby that they each got to bring. E decided that he needed to utilize the bathroom again so I took him out. Once I left N feel apart. When I finally came back, which was a while since the bathroom was not close and E decided that he had to go potty then he did not have to go then he did have to go, it was time that we left before causing a scene. Leaving at that time was alright, we almost made it to the end. The kids were quiet while we left but once we got outside J threw a HUGE fit. She was upset because she did NOT want to leave church. Bless her heart! = ) I guess there are worse things that she could thrown a fit about. We told her that we are going to keep going to church and each time will be better and better and maybe next time we can stay till the end. We felt far more comfortable at this church than our prior church because we were not a minority due to the fact that we have children. There were plenty of other families around with kids and other kids that misbehaved as well. I think we are just a little too zealous as far as wanting our kids to behave perfectly in public. We just have to keep reminding ourselves that they are kids and they are ‘normal’. It sure will be interesting when the new baby decides to make his appearance. We are going to have our ups and downs with this journey but in the long run it is going to be a good experience for our family. = )