Sitting in the Hall and Children's Sermon

 This past Friday, we were visiting Grandma and Grandpa Pickard, who also happened to have the other three grand kids for the weekend. The kids were asked to stop running several times and finally Grandma asked C to sit by her for a few minutes. He grudgingly complied.

Grandma: What does your teacher at preschool ask you to do if you are not listening? (David is in another class but has the same teacher as C)
C: She makes us sit in the hall.
Grandma: How many times have you had to sit in the hall?
C: Two times.
Me (to David): How many times have you had to sit in the hall?
David: Not that many! (referring to C's two times)

I knew that their teacher did make kids sit in the hall for not listening, but I quite naively did not believe that my kid would ever have to be "one of those kids." I'm pretty sure that I know which day David had to sit in the hall, as his teacher told me that it had been a difficult day for him. Since then I've tried to remind him (without lecturing) that it is very important to listen to his teacher and Teacher has not had any poor reports for me since then. Lesson learned? We'll see!

David (in his "new" Bumble Bee pajamas) and cousin C with Grandpa's erector set crane.

We went to church with my folks today at the church I attended as a kid. One of the memories that I look back on attending a small church was the Children's Sermon. The pastor took a few minutes to talk directly to the youngest members of the congregation to help them understand a key concept to the sermon for that Sunday. The church we attend now is too big for the pastor to have all the kids come up front and visit with him, but it is tons of fun to go to my home church now and have my kids be a part of the children's sermon. It's kind of hard to hear all that is being said on the video, but it blesses my heart just to watch my kids.

A couple of weeks ago, David, Kassy, and a couple of their friends were joking and calling each other names. I heard David say, "You be careful. That's my sister you're calling names." I thanked him for being a good big brother and looking out for his sister. It was amazing to see the spark in his eyes and the look of pride on his face.We are proud of him for doing the right thing and Kassy will appreciate knowing that David's "got her back."