We’ve been so bad at getting to church this summer, which isn’t unheard of, honestly. We have pretty much only gone when we’ve been up for leading music, and then every other weekend it seems, is busy, or we’re exhausted. We’re even out of town next weekend! But hey, we made it today.
I thoroughly enjoyed the service. We had a guest speaker in, and I found him to be incredibly prepared and organized. Even with two active kids in our bench (Rowan slept through church) I was able to follow his preaching and actually grasp the message. This is certainly rarely the case, as its really hard to concentrate on the speaker while wiping faces, shushing voices, helping the kids share toys, not color in the hymnal, and break up any brawls that threaten to start. But I could really keep up today. Dekker in particular was incredibly patient and well behaved, and quiet!! Laela was pretty ticked by the end of church, but she had been generously given a lollipop as well as a cupcake, so she sugar crashed, as one would expect. It was ok. She just wanted to be held and cuddled, which we are more than happy to oblige.
After church, we had lunch and then napped Laela and Rowan. Dekker was so well behaved very intentionally, in order to stay up rather than going down for a nap, so he was thrilled to sit at the table with us and play cards while everyone else napped. Once naps were over, we got everyones shoes on, and we went for a walk. We brought Dekker’ bike out so that he could show off his mad biking skills to my parents, and he did SO WELL on the pavement!! I’m sad he has to learn on such difficult roads out here, but I’m sure it’ll benefit him somehow in the future. We ducked in on Kim and her husband along the way, and then suddenly, the bike ride ended, much quicker than we bargained for. He was pretty sad to come inside, but it was time for supper anyway. He was adamant that he didn’t want supper, but when I offered to eat his muffins and fruit salad for him, he changed his tune. Both Dekker and Laela ate a ton, and then played really well while we visited a bit more. Soon, it was toy time, and then it was home.
Dekker fell asleep on the drive home, which is actually kind of the worst case scenario, so I started making big loud jokes about “Who’s sleeping?? Are YOU sleeping??” I woke Dekker up and he just laughed and laughed as I pointed around the van to see who was sleeping. He was wide awake for the rest of the drive, so I don’t think he slept too long at all.
Now we’re home, and they’re all down. I want a bath, and I reeeaaally want a snack but I’m not hungry. If I want to lose the rest of my pregnancy weight, I should try a bit harder to respect that difference. Whoops. Not tonight.