We Have Come a LONG Way

Bailey has been asking to go to "big" church with Luke & I for a couple of weeks now and we have done a lot of hemming and hawing about it, but we finally said yes this past Sunday. My biggest reservation was if she was going to be a distraction to us or others, but I think she did great, which is where the title of the blog comes in because for me to say this means she has come a long, long way. (No technology, nothing to do other than sit and listen or look at my Bible and no snack.) Some of her convincing arguments were that she knows how to sit still and pay attention thanks to chapel at school and she know that when you sing you stand up. SO, did she learn much from the sermon, probably not as much as if she was in Sunday School, but she did observe how people worship and at one point she knew the hymn and was belting it out. : ) We also had a good discussion about the offering baskets and she pointed out that the money was everyone's "give" money from their piggy banks. Honestly though the smiles from her getting do something big and special with mommy & daddy would have been worth it, plus I couldn't help but think of her more as my sister in Christ when she was with me than when I drop her off at KIDS. Just wanted to remember this moment.