Well, I'm happy and relieved to report that this past Sunday went much, MUCH better than last week. Jack was still Jack, but the other kids were amazing! It was like night and day! They all packed their church bags and had me double check to make sure they had the right things. We talked about the plan on our short drive to church and they were all on board. We walked into the building and they all headed straight towards the overflow (because we now have to sit in the very back) and they made sure they were sitting in the right order. The girls sang the hymns the best they could and one time I even looked over to find Spencer sitting up tall with his arms folded! It was very rewarding to know that a little bit of planning and heartfelt talks with the kids were paying off! It was a much better experience than the week before and they all attended Primary with no tears and Spencer's teacher even commented to me on how well behaved he was that day! Yipee! There is hope after all!
*Side note: Last Sunday about 1/2 hour after church, Spencer's teacher stopped by the house. She came to tell Spencer that she missed him in church (how awesome is she?) and she wanted to give him a giant (like 6" diameter) rainbow lollipop. Austin relayed to her why he didn't make it to Primary that day and regretted that we just couldn't let Spencer accept that treat after the kind of day that we had and the lesson we were trying to teach him! Austin, Spencer and the teacher made a deal that if he was good the next Sunday that he could earn it in class. She quickly caught on and made the deal with Spencer. Well, he was very proud to be able to walk away yesterday with the lollipop that he couldn't stop talking about all week!!
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Yeah - I have been waiting for the update. We had a talk - packed our bags and all was going well until a woman walked up and asked us if she could sit by us (this was during the opening hymn). It would have been fine but she has a boy Spencer's age. I tried to still manage to stick to our plan but it didn't go quite as I had hoped. But there is always next week right. I love the story about the lollipop - I can only imagine if that had happened to one of my boys. I know our Spencers would be buddies - will they ever meet again!?
I too have been waiting for the update. I was thinking about you on sun. as I was escorting my 6 year old out, and then later telling him that his 3 year old sister is behaving better than him. I am needing to use your plan ASAP.
Way to go! Emily, I'm so impressed with your proactive approach to parenting. Honestly, I'm taking notes for future reference :-).
Wow, it sounds like you two have got this parenting stuff down. I'm very impressed!
If we really had the parenting thing down, we wouldn't have had the type of Sunday we did the last week. But, thank you all for your confidence in me...I need as much support as I can get. It truly does take a village...
Good work on all your planning, preparation and follow through. I was telling Chris I just don't understand how you can do it all. My life is paved with excellent intentions, where does that mean I'm going?
It was so good to see you. Made me really, really want to move back.
Love you.
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