Down in front!

Sometimes we give T3 the option to sit with us in ‘big church’ until kids time OR the whole time. Typically he chooses to leave for Sunday school but sometimes he likes to stay with us. And at 6 years he’s pretty good about sitting still.

So this past Sunday, we offered and T3 chose to stay with us the whole time.

He colored and drew for a bit and then started to get a little fidgety. He didn’t want to leave though.

I’m not sure what I was thinking or what came over me, but I pulled up Bejeweled on my phone, turned down the volume and gave it to T3 to play.

It was a hit! It was quiet and a 6 year old has to pay attention and there’s not much interaction that requires talking.

So T1 and I are listening to the sermon and our pastor starts to lead us in prayer. This is typically the congregational prayer that leads to the Lord’s Prayer so that point we are only listening to her reverent words asking the Lord for his mercy and grace. It’s quiet and solemn. We had almost forgotten that T3 was there with us and playing a video game. Almost. Until he evidently made a good move and the silence was shattered by the loud hiss of

“YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!”

Dear Lord,

Please forgive us

Sincerely,

Tracy