Gosh, we had a great day! This morning we tried a new church, which wasn't my cup of tea, but was much more what Mom was looking for in terms of a church experience. And no, I didn't get upset or have any sort of fit - internal or otherwise - which is progress. Me thinks I was misplacing my frustration and not keeping up the house on my poor undeserving Mom Friday night.
The church we visited today had a Sunday School program for the kids versus simply having childcare. I liked that aspect of it and T loved his class. S, who is generally the most adaptable of the kids, was not interested in staying in her class. She was totally willing to go into T's, so I have to admit I was a little concerned. That's pretty unusual behavior for her. When we went to pick her up, she couldn't wait to get out of there. The kids were having snack so her teacher asked her to bring her cup and napkin and put it in the trash and then push in her chair. This is all stuff she's had to do before, and I wholeheartedly agree with having the kids do this. But I couldn't go in, which I thought was strange, and something was just off about the whole scene. When she finally came out, her id sticker that we'd put on her back was stuck in her hair. Hmmmmm. And also, that was no fun to remove.
Once we got home, we did another egg hunt with the kids and basically killed time before we went to brunch at the base club. Yesterday we hung plastic Easter eggs out on the tree in front (the kids saw this done at other houses in the neighborhood and wanted to try it), so last night after T finally went to sleep, I made a trail from the egg tree to into the house with candy filled plastic eggs and then to their Easter baskets. Luckily, the kids got a huge kick out of it, so I may have stumbled on a new tradition. By the time we got back from church, R had hidden the plastic eggs in the back yard. The kids found a couple, but the Easter bunny brought them bubble guns and they were only interested in saturating the yard with millions of miracle bubbles. Truth be told, I'd much rather they play with toys than sit down and eat tons of candy.
S has an unusual habit of unwrapping her candy and then not eating it. Is it even possible that this could be my child? Unwrapping chocolate and then NOT eating it? Impressive!
Around 12:30, we headed off to brunch. T had gotten upset about something and was being difficult about everything as we headed to the club, so we weren't really sure what to expect in terms of behavior at brunch. However, both kids did really well. The biggest issue was that T was more interested the food he put on his plate than in paying attention to whether or not he was about to run into someone dressed in really nice clothes with his full plate of food. Well, that and he slammed his cup down on the table and shouted "JUICE!" when the server walked by.
Sigh.
This afternoon we took the kids to see How To Train Your Dragon, which was a really cute movie if a bit scary for the kids. Mom got a little more time to herself while we were gone. She's been wanting to read some bridge books and practice with online software since she and Richard are headed to a bridge tournament after they leave here. She literally hasn't had a chance to do much of anything for herself, and Richard takes his bridge VERY seriously so I don't want to get her in trouble. ;)
And, since the weather man keeps interrupting scheduled programming to update us on a severe thunderstorm/tornado watch/warning, I'm going to sign off for tonight and unplug all unnecessary electrical items which won't help at all in case of a tornado ripping through our living room but makes me feel better.
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