The kids went to Bible school/camp last week and LOVED every minute of it. The church that runs this does an amazing job. Fun games, activities, singing, prayer….. I just can’t say enough about the program. The kids have their calendars marked for next year already!
So after a week of God Fun, Jesus Fun, and Bible Fun it was back to regular old Sunday morning Mass at our church. Natalie was fine; William on the other hand decided to be especially unruly this Sunday. He was having a real problem keeping his little body still and doing the things he was supposed to do (sitting, standing, kneeling).
I was on his case most of Mass, I had had enough as we were kneeling and he was sitting his butt back on the pew. I told him more than once to get off the pew and it looked to me like he was still on it. I told him one last time to which he replied
W: I’m not on the pew.
He was kneeling with his butt sticking out like it was resting on the pew, but it was actually about a quarter of an inch off of it. Now I’m really mad because he knows he’s annoying me and making WRONG choices but he’s doing it anyway.
Then when it came time for The Our Father he was acting up and wouldn’t hold hands and wasn’t saying the prayer. I waited till it was done and marched him back to the cry room, which I haven’t had to do in a really long time. I was really hoping I would run into a nun who would offer me a ruler on the way in, but I didn’t have that luck. I made him go sit in “time out” and talked to him a bit.
Church ended and as punishment he was not allowed to ride in Grampy’s car and he had to say The Our Father correctly for me. After about the 5th time he got it right and we were able to go to my parents for breakfast.
Later in the day William found me, he had a very confident posture going on, and a bit of an attitude in his voice when he told me
W: You know Mom, even though I was really bad in church today, God still loves me!
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