Anyhow, after Ryan pulled out his iPhone for Kortlen to play on his phone for the last few minutes last week, I lost it. I shot daggers at each of my children (minus sleeping beauty) and immediately after the closing prayer, let them have it.
All that escaped my mouth were the words, "you're all done. Next week WILL be different." and I left it at that!
Upon arriving at home, I laid it all out....NO NUTHIN' next week. Ryan kindly smiled and said, 'Good idea. And....I'm working next Sunday".
uh...huh.
He said that.
And it lit a flame inside of me! I worked all week long, preparing my nervous self for what lay ahead. I encouraged my children to find joy in reading their scriptures. I talked about what it means to make and keep baptismal covenants, and then how neat it is to renew them.
...I played my cards well.
Sunday morning I emptied all scripture bags of everything but scriptures. Then I packed my bag with a diaper and wipes, and my own scriptures and we walked to church. Again, I lovingly and gently discussed the reason of going to church with my very smart, and very obedient children.
Can I just say, I am in love with them. These little boys of mine are growing up so fast. So quickly. And I'm responsible for them! I'm terrified for them. I pray for them...
They.were.angels.
They listened to the speakers, who spoke on (get this) The Sacrament. They shared personal stories that touched me and my children. These same children who think they need to go potty and get a drink 30 minutes after the previous trip....these same children who sometimes make me want to pull my hair out. These same children sat very still (as far as I could see) when I got up to sing with the ward choir. THAT right there, was pretty AWESOME!!!
For the first time in a very long time, I was spiritually fed by the Spirit in Sacrament Meeting. It's often a challenge to not be hushing and holding and calming any one of my children, but today was bliss.
I'm in love with these little monsters of mine!
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| walking home from church |
3 comments:
We recently did the same thing with our boys. It is amazing the difference in sacrament meeting. I decided that if they could sit through a 2 hour movie they could sit through a 1 hour meeting. I'm loving not having to spend the time digging through the diaper bag and picking snacks up off the floor. We had a few bumpy Sundays along the way, but stick with it and you won't regret it!!
AWESOME! I have got to get the nerve to try that. We had wayyy too many potty trips, "emergencies" etc yesterday. Maybe I'll be brave next week. ;) Do you allow the Friend magazine?
Adorable! Sunday's are so hard! And I too feel that when they don't bring anything to church at all, that is when they behave the best. Go figure!! :) Love you!
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