These photos were all taken at the end of Mass. Not after. Wait. You want to know where the other two kids are, they are in Mass. They heard the beautiful homily and everything.
Our family takes up a whole pew in our parish. I'm not even joking. I don't know what we will do when Tanni isn't lap sitting. Right now she lap hops, today pulling someone's long hair. So I took her to stand in the back and when she wanted to start covering her ears because everyone was singing I took her outside.
Shortly after I heard familiar voices. Jimmy was with these other three kids who had gotten loud. Imagine that? Kids loud in the youth mass. People turned around and gawked. No, I don't condone this kind of behavior. Sometimes kids do get sensory overload and don't know where to direct it. Boys in our home seem to lose control of hands and feet. It's my at all graceful.
When the hands and feet go off script other people suffer minor casualties and mayhem happens. Including momma losing her composure at home. I'm not always the epitome of grace and my kids will probably say they can't wait to leave home.
I try to take it one day at a time and will a lot of prayer.
This takes me back to the days of my youth. We were a family of 11 (9 children) Talk about taking up the entire pew and then some. We took two cars to Mass. Thanks for giving me a good chuckle.
ReplyDeleteOh, I know I'll be there one day. I just hope it's a while away.
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