Sunday school is good

Today we had a breakthrough with church. Maddy finally decided she liked it. We purposely did not tell Maddy that we were going to church this morning because we didn't want her to throw her fit.  She's been super hard to get to church. We'd get to the driveway to the church and she would start flipping out. This started on Wednesday nights this summer.

This morning, we got to the road and she said "oh we're going to church. good i like church now mommy". What? Really? Well, I'm not sure what happened, but I am ever so grateful that she is happy to go.

She is still a bit shy going into the room, but there were no tears or fighting today.

It was all because of her new friend, Ms. Cindy. She's the woman that helps out in the pre-school wing. We never have spoken too much. But when all this started, she just walked over to me and took care of Maddy. Ever since then, Maddy has been latched on to her for comfort. I'm grateful.

Cubbies success

Tonight was a rough night. I told Jim that I would take Maddy to Cubbies since I didn't have choir. As soon as I walked towards the Children's wing door, she flipped. She started screaming and put her arms and legs out as far as she could.

I had to pry her little hands off the door to get her in and then sat her down next to Jeanine. She and I calmed her down. She told us again how much she didn't like boys. I eventually walked down the hall carrying her - she was not happy. She was screaming like crazy. Not interested at all.

I tried talking to her. She was still very upset. Crying and screaming.

Then Cindy came down the hall and said "I'll take her" and she did.

That was it. She went in kicking and screaming. I left crying.

Apparently she loved church. She told me all about it when she got home. I am so happy and grateful that she enjoyed herself and was able to calm down.

First week of Cubbies

The first week of Cubbies and Awana this year went really well for Reagan and not so well for Maddy. Reagan loved her new classroom. She was so excited about all the new things she got to do. She loved her new teachers and was so happy to be there. I love it when she comes home singing her music.

Maddy, on the other hand, didn't do so well. She actually never made it to Cubbies. She freaked out so bad that Jim didn't drop her off. He came to get me so I could hold her so he could go to the restroom. They sat in the car and watched a movie for an hour and a half. She was happy.

The only thing she kept telling us is she didn't like the boys. Oh my. Well I'm happy to hear she doesn't quite like boys yet. But I felt bad that she couldn't go. Next week!

Please and Thank you

Maddy has got Please and Thank you down. She is the most polite one year old I've seen. Of course, she's 23 months, but she's been working on it for the last month or so. The sunday school teacher told me that she was a little lady and really enjoyed her in class. She was so polite.

Way to go Maddy!

Preschool choir

Today was Reagan's second time singing in church. The preschool choir started this year and my little girl got in with the first group. All the kids got up on stage and realized that they were all on the big screens. The kids looked all around at the screens, but not at the teachers leading them. It was adorable.

They sang three songs and my heart was just swelling with pride. My little girl was on stage! Singing for God!

Wednesday nights

Reagan loves church. Every night, she asks if she gets to go to church. Tonight was the night. She got so excited. I just love seeing that kind of joy when my kid goes to church. Makes me feel good.

Cubbies

Reagan loves Cubbies. She came home again tonight singing the songs and just as happy as can be. I love listening to her go on and on. It's nice that she sings church music. Such a relief that she enjoys it. When I dropped her at my parents house tonight, she said "mommy, don't forget to give me a kiss goodbye". Before I left I said "have a nice time" and she said "of course I will".



Sniff sniff, where did my little baby go?

Cubbies rocks

Reagan LOVES Cubbies at church. It's so cute. She bounces on the way in and bounces on the way out.  She sung all the songs to me tonight after she got home. I loved listening to her sing to me. It just makes my heart happy.

Church

Reagan asks me every day "can I go to church?" I love it. She was so happy tonight when I said that it was Cubbies night and she could go. She had an awesome time. She loves to go and sing and do all the activities. It's such a good program. I'm loving it.

Cubbies

Reagan loved Cubbies tonight. I was a little apprehensive leaving her at church, but she walked into the room tonight and didn't even turn around to say goodbye. It broke my heart a bit, but at the same time I was happy that she was that comfortable.

When Mimi brought her home, she was glowing. She had her Cubbie package and a tambourine that she had made. She was singing and dancing around. She loved it. Ahhh. I'm so glad my little girl loves church. It makes me smile.

Moving on up

Maddy got moved up to the movers room at church. I was a little nervous since it is a big transition. She did fine. She crawled around quite a bit and played on the floor. She drained a bottle for the workers and took a nice little nap on Jeanine's husband. :)

It's a God thing!

Tonight was an amazing night. Jim and I had planned to make a bunch of chicken to eat a few nights out as well as have for lunch. At the last minute on Sunday, we invited my parents up to share in the food. While we were grilling out, we looked across the street and noticed that someone was at the Pastor's old house... it was the Pastor and his wife. I couldn't believe it.

Jim asked if it was, and I just walked over there. To my surprise, they were in town to pack the house and were going out to eat. So I invited them up and they said yes.

Such a huge blessing. We hadn't seen them since Reagan was born. We loved having them as neighbors (as well as our Pastor for a while). So they came up and joined the whole family for dinner.

And believe it or not, Reagan contained a temper tantrum. She had taken Dad's knife and my fork and was not being very careful with them - so I wanted to take them away. So I announced - "it's going to get loud" and began to take them from her hands. She got very squinky and looked around and just looked so mad. But she did nothing. It was so weird. She didn't scream, she didn't make a peep. Then she all of a sudden, launched herself to me and cried. That was it.

HOLY COW!!!

Thank you God!

Church at Erlanger Baptist

This morning we decided to try a different church. Our church has been missing a pastor since last winter and we thought it was a good time to check it out. We walked in and were met with plenty of friendly folks. We made our way down to the nursery and handed off Reagan to the woman behind the counter. Reagan seemed to go to her without too much trouble. We got our ID number and took off for the sanctuary. We heard a wonderful sermon on how to worship. It really made me think about how I feel about church services and what I expect. (I hope we go back next Sunday). Anyway, after service, we went back downstairs to get Reagan from the nursery and she had done great. She did her “loud noises” the entire time we were gone and even ate for the woman. She did wonderful! Yea! The woman said that she was a speech therapist and that Reagan was doing very well and thought she might end up being a singer one day. She also made the boys a little curious because of her chatter. How cute. (back off boys).

Nursery mishap

We actually got up in time to go to church – Reagan slept all night, I slept in the bed, no complications. That is until we got to church. We dropped her off at the nursery, dropped Jordan off at hers and headed off to our Sunday School classroom. Within 10 minutes, we got paged. I took off to see what was going on and I rounded the corner down the hall from the nursery and heard her wailing. Oh My! She was just crying up a storm. The poor lady really didn’t know what to do with her. She was so tired but refused to sleep. I changed her diaper and rocked her – nothing worked. Next thing I know, Jim was standing at the counter and said “not working?” or something like that. Needless to say, we decided to take her for a ride while we waited for Jordan to get done with Sunday School. As soon as we got her in the car seat and the door shut, she passed out. Wow!

Nursery at church

Today was the first time she went to the nursery at church. We dropped her off in time for Sunday School and nap time. She did fine. She slept the whole time. Thank goodness.