This was the crazy busiest Sunday we’ve had in SO LONG! It was awesome, but sooo full! To a lot of you, it probably doesn’t seem too full, but we’ve been feeling stretched a little thin for one reason or another for quite some time, and being out all day takes a lot out of all of us. Our bodies are physically aching, but it feels like that good ache that comes with accomplishing something, and just being worn out from all of the fun activity. Its been a great day.
We actually made it to church!!! Brady had been asked to drum this week at church, and also next week, so we knew we needed to go, even though the kids were wiped out from Halloween the night before. It was good to go, though, and the kids were all anticipating it. Dekker was in a bit of a bad mood most of the morning, unfortunately, but we tried to keep it upbeat. I actually convinced him to try out childrens church for the first time, and he went with me! I snuck out after a few minutes, and one of the lovely women supervising told me she’d bring him up if he got upset. It was only a few minutes before he came up. He was completely fine, but she has a fabulous radar for him and decided not to stress him out, which is EXACTLY what he needs. So he came back up for the service, but said he had fun down with the kids while he was there. We’ll try again next week.
After church, we lurked for a bit, but then went to the city for lunch. My parents had lunch plans with friends, and we had afternoon plans anyway, so we just grabbed some lunch quickly before making the drive to our friends sons birthday party! He recently turned one, and his party was this afternoon. It was a pretty good drive from where we were, and we sooo hoped the kids would sleep, but none of them did :/
Thankfully, the party was full of loving people and was set in a school gym, so there was lots of space to run, and even some games set up! The kids got right into it, and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. It was even better when we took their socks off and they stopped falling on their heads. Always learning, lol! Anyway, they had a great time, and I got in lots of visiting with the other guests. I knew almost everyone from one place or another, so it was nice to catch up and see where they all are now. We had pizza and cake after some good play time. Blue cake, to be exact.
When it was time to start packing up, Laela followed around one of the guests as she swept the whole gym floor. It was so cute to watch her do laps ride alongside 🙂 But when it wrapped up, both kids were given a big coloring book and some crayons. They whined about not being allowed to color in their car seats, but once we were driving, they were asleep within minutes. Now, I’m sure a lot of you can attest to the fact that kids napping at 6:00pm isn’t ideal, but thanks to the busyness of the day, the kids slept the whole way home and are now all tucked in. They’re quietly talking, but no one is anxious to be getting up, or energetic, or hungry, or anything. Everyone is ready for bed, including Brady and I.
First a bath. Then a sleep. I’m so excited, haha!