Today I was home with asthmatic Kelly, and it seems as though I missed the real excitement.
Adam said that Tommy's teacher came and asked him if he could come and get Tommy and 2 of his friends out of the boys bathroom. When he went in there he found that they hadn't even used the bathroom yet, they were just playing.
Then his teacher (The Saint), took them all back to class... for awhile. Eventually 2 of these boys ended up back with their parents (one of those was our Tommy). Adam warned Tommy that Mommy wasn't going to be happy with him.
So here is Tommy practicing being reverent. He had to sit and practice for 20 minutes. I told him that if it happens again, it will be longer.
Yes, I know how miserable he looks. But he did sit there, not speak and keep his arms folded. Adam kept reminding him that reverence begins with quietly sitting.
I told him that being reverence wasn't about being miserable, so he had to put his pouty lip away. This is his attempt at "enjoying" reverence.
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I think that was a good Idea. I am going to have to borrow the idea of the reverence chair.
He's learning at a young age to fake it...I love fake reverence b/c everybody wins :)
Hey! My mom used to make us do this. If we were bad a church we ALL had to come home and "practice" church. It was a good thing in hindsight but I think I wore the same face as Tommy most of the time. Congrats on the new baby! I am so excited to see her sometime! We need to meet up when I come to STL.
Reverence is more than just quietly sitting...very cute Tommy pictures.
our kids have reverence practice chairs too. we only had to use them a couple of times to solve the sacrament meeting disruptions.
What a good Mommy you are Jenn!
You're example in rearing great monsters is invaluable.
Hi, I commented on your blog before......and I'm not sure if you have it set to comment moderation, but you got spammed on your other blog post.
So what are you letting your blog go to waste for?
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