I found myself in Sacrament meeting reliving a conversation I'd had a few weeks ago while Visiting teaching. Here's how the conversation went...
The toddler at the house we were visiting was so excited we were there she was doing a lot of showing off which its so cute ( really I love it!) but it started us on the following conversation.
I mentioned that when my kids used to be so wild when our home teachers were over (or sometimes in Sacrament meeting or even primary) we would be so frustrated when they left and have the kids practice sitting quietly for a few minutes. Or at least have them sit on their bottoms because they were often standing on their heads or flipping over the back of the couch.
My partner said Just wait until they're teenagers, then they're punching and poking each other and there's not much you can do about it but it's so embarrassing. We laughed and I mentioned that luckily ours don't do that and I rattled on about having Amber in between my boys really helped... Yada yada blah blah blah!
Anyway I found myself eating my words yesterday as my boys were punching eachothers legs and arguing as the meeting was winding down. I tried to stop them but really only slowed them down.
We've learned over the years how best to space the kids for the most successful sacrament meeting possible. I'm not implying here that we have the best seated kids I'm just saying we've figured out how to space them so that we have the most likelihood of success with seven kids in a meeting they are supposed to be quiet in. Believe me we have our moments but it is usually with the younger crew. I guess it's time to reshuffle. Oh and maybe let the teenagers practice sitting still at home and keeping their hands to themselves. Ha!
The toddler at the house we were visiting was so excited we were there she was doing a lot of showing off which its so cute ( really I love it!) but it started us on the following conversation.
I mentioned that when my kids used to be so wild when our home teachers were over (or sometimes in Sacrament meeting or even primary) we would be so frustrated when they left and have the kids practice sitting quietly for a few minutes. Or at least have them sit on their bottoms because they were often standing on their heads or flipping over the back of the couch.
My partner said Just wait until they're teenagers, then they're punching and poking each other and there's not much you can do about it but it's so embarrassing. We laughed and I mentioned that luckily ours don't do that and I rattled on about having Amber in between my boys really helped... Yada yada blah blah blah!
Anyway I found myself eating my words yesterday as my boys were punching eachothers legs and arguing as the meeting was winding down. I tried to stop them but really only slowed them down.
We've learned over the years how best to space the kids for the most successful sacrament meeting possible. I'm not implying here that we have the best seated kids I'm just saying we've figured out how to space them so that we have the most likelihood of success with seven kids in a meeting they are supposed to be quiet in. Believe me we have our moments but it is usually with the younger crew. I guess it's time to reshuffle. Oh and maybe let the teenagers practice sitting still at home and keeping their hands to themselves. Ha!
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Believe me, if you ever say too much about your child "not doing something" or "doing something" you will eat your words every time. It's how we stay humble as parents!
Please forgive all of my grammar errors. I'm re-reading the post now and realizing how many mistakes it contains. Lesson learned - PROOFREAD!!
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