Seriously?
Posted on Sunday, March 28th, 2010 at 8:35 pmSometimes I wonder if I’ll ever enjoy church again. Maybe when my kids are out of the house. London’s in her breakdown-and-cry-and-whine-and-scream-about-everything mode again. Ashton, well, he’s just crazy. Sitting for long periods of time (or any time at all) is just not something he EVER does. Three hours of sitting still in the same room? (We have sacrament meeting, sunday school and Relief Society all in the chapel). That’s just not okay for him. Or me, really. He’s okay if I’m constantly stuffing food down his throat, but frankly, I’m not that rich. So today we ended up with two kids that were not much fun. The primary sang a song that London knows well and sang all day after church, but refused to sing with the primary during church. I escorted a crying child up to the stand, where she stood and cried the whole time. Then, of course, when they were done and we were back in our seat, she threw a fit because she wanted to sing that song with the other children on the stage. I tried to explain to her that it was too late and she could sing another song on Mother’s Day, but that wasn’t good enough. So we went on a happy walk outside. She screamed while I dragged her around by her arm. While this was all going on, Taylor was wrestling with Ashton, trying to keep him calm when all he wanted to do was crawl like a banshee up to the front of the chapel and climb the stairs. I’m so glad London goes to primary right after sacrament meeting. I keep telling myself that Ashton only has about 24 more Sundays before I can send him away to the nursery. I can’t wait!
Now they’re both in their respective rooms sleeping like little angels in their 18 month size pajamas.
you have all three hours in the chapel??! What?
I felt somewhat similar when Nolan was too young for Nursery. Being the only one in the High Priest class with a toddler made me feel uncomfortable whenever he made a peep. Now that he goes to Nursery I enjoy church a lot more.
That’s annoying you have all the classes in the chapel. It seems like that also makes it difficult to teach with everyone spread out.
I can’t believe you are three hours in the chapel. RIDICULOUS. Somebody needs to re-arrange something in that building. But hey, only 24 more Sundays. That seems manageable…
I’m totally with you on this one. So sorry about that. With Kenny being in the bishopric, I get to enjoy keeping two kiddos quiet. Good luck and hopefully it gets better for you soon.
Maybe it would help if you started on Sat. getting things ready for Sun. so that your morning is not crazy. Maybe London will do better if she uses Sat. to help her on Sun. You know the primary song… “Saturday is a special day, it’s the day we get ready for Sunday!
Maybe there is some true it that!?
too true– we figure during this time of life it’s more about establishing habit and example of devotion than personal enlightenment.
so, you’re doing AWESOME.
it makes all the difference to have all kids in nursery/primary… can’t believe we’re starting the whole process over again after 6 months of bliss!
good luck the next few months– i understand why there’s not a one-yr-old nursery, but, golly, I still wish there was!
wait a minute…both your kids are wearing 18 month old clothes????