The two younger ones fell asleep during the main service, which meant that I got to enjoy hearing the sermon, but also meant that getting an afternoon nap was going to be a challenge. We've really been working with the kids on their behavior at church and this week was a definite improvement. We've found that having them repeat what is expected of them on the way to church and before we go in has helped tremendously! There's still the desire to be silly, but we're catching it right away and removing them from the situation. Prayerfully we'll continue to get better and better and not go the other way again. Elyssia enjoyed handing out chocolate bars to the Fathers and the sun was out when church ended. We started off drizzly, but it turned out to be pretty nice.
The afternoon was kind of long, but other than Kiersten getting into Elyssia's paints, there wasn't too much to find fault with. We went to Pinecrest's website to hear Pastor Mack's sermon before evening church and found a nice surprise. Nathan's quartet was doing the special music. They sang 5 or 6 songs and we had just enough time to hear the sermon before heading to our evening service. One of the benefits of being in a different time zone than Georgia:).
Our evening service was pretty low key, but we had Caleb Village hymn sing afterwards. Caleb was very excited that he got to go this time. I haven't taken the younger two to the last couple, due to the nausea. All 4 did the best they've ever done. Kiersten sat on my lap and sang a bit. I also put her socks on her hands and she did sock puppets, which amused her for over half the time we sang. The others played quietly with the toys and books while we sang, then shook hands and helped put song books away. We didn't stay too long afterwards because the boys were starting to act up a bit. 4 services in one day does make for a lot of sitting time, so overall, I have to say they did extremely well. Bedtime came early, Praise the Lord:), but that meant that morning came early too:(. Oh well, we're up and moving. The kids have been fed, made their beds, did their inside chores and have since moved outside to do the outside ones. Mostly helping weed the gardens and then they can ride their bikes. It looks like it's going to be a really nice day. Maybe I'll get to enjoy a bit of it after I finish the 8th load of laundry! I'm on the 4th and 5th right now. It certainly is the neverending chore. I'm sure the kids will have at least one more full load for me by the end of today:). Thinking back to when we didn't have children and my chores were done by 9, I really wouldn't trade it to go back to life without them. Yes, they're loud, messy and lots of work, but they also give a lot of laughter, love and joy.
Enjoy the last day of Spring!!!
P.S. I don't know why it posted the 3rd picture first. Crazy uploader! I also keep forgetting to mention that I found my first gray hair last week! I pulled it out:))).
ReplyDeleteElyssia also has 2 more loose teeth and Caleb's favorite saying now is, "Oh man!" He says it when he drops something, etc... It's quite funny. Have a wonderful week!