Today was Stake Conference. The last few days I have been feeling tired and puny, and the thought of trying to keep 3 kids quiet and reverent for 2 hours was a little daunting. I won't lie. I even thought about skipping church, but I knew we needed to go and I didn't give in to temptation.
We got everyone ready, I found some coloring books that I had forgotten to give the kids in their stockings, and we got snacks for everyone. We made it to the church on time and, while we didn't score a pew, we were only a few rows back in the metal chairs. I do like pews better as the crayons and coloring books don't roll/slide off the backs of the chairs into the row behind you as they do in the folding chairs.
So we made it through conference with a little crying and noise making, and a quick apology to the nice couple sitting behind us for having to deal with our distractions, falling crayons and assorted paperwork that came their way. All in all, I felt that we had survived and that conference hadn't been too bad. I mean, what can you expect from a 22 month old, and 3 year old, and a six year old.
Evidently, Ian didn't feel the same way. As we walked home, he said, "I don't think I ever want to go to Stake Conference until the kids are 20!" (Ok, that my not have been exactly what he said, but the basic gist of what he said was that he thought that the kids had been awful and he didn't want to have to repeat this every 6 months.)
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3 comments:
I'm so proud of you! Yay for surviving and proper planning. And sitting by nice people. I used to like to sit by people with kids so I had a great reason to be distracted. :)
It's a character building experience for the parents. sometimes it even makes them want to have FHE with practicing reverence as the lesson is taught. Im sure your kids were pretty well behaved.
um... has it really been since April since you blogged last? that was the post previous.
I hear you and I feel your pain! I figure we sat down first and anyone who sits next to us is there by their own choice, and thus gets to reap the entertainment value we provide. But sometimes, it is no fun for us. (To be honest, Dan doesn't even notice how the kids are being most of the time. He actually gets to pay attention!)
And sort of like Mom said- I started making them sit quietly for scriptures and prayer each evening to practice for church. Sure, it was only 5 minutes, but it was a start!
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