A Full Sunday
Church
Zane was totally on his own today (meaning, I dropped him off at the class with his buddy/para, and didn’t return until the end of class) and he did really well. Zora also enjoyed her Sunday School and came out of the room with evidence of studying Jonah and the Whale.
With Zane independent at Sunday School, we went to the Worship Service that takes place during the Sunday School time period. Although the service itself was a little more traditional, I think we have come to the conclusion that nothing is going to make the sermon any better. He wasn’t as offensive this time around, but it still isn’t really working for me. I did give him the Biblical Parenting book after the service today and told him I would love to hear his opinion on it and discuss it with him. I hope he takes me up on it. If it doesn’t start changing, we are going to see if the timing works out to go to the Children’s church there, and then go to another church for the adult Worship Service, especially now that we know we can get Zane to mostly sit during a service. (and I know that there is a nursery available for at least two of the three possible churches we might go to for Zora, and I suspect there is one at the third). We are now closer to the regular Mennonite church, but I will have to check times. Sort of weird to talk about going to two churches, but hey, unconventional solutions are what makes life interesting.
After Church
We stopped by a restaurant for lunch and everybody got to eat except me. They brought me my food, but unlike the other times I have ordered it, this time they put chives on the dish and mixed them in. It was obvious they were added post cooking, so it was doubly annoying. It was too busy to send back and Zora was losing her cool at the table so we couldn’t wait for a redo, so I just didn’t get to eat. That sort of stunk.
We had plans of meeting Carrie, Zane’s first ST, at the Zoo. She and her husband were going to take Zane around the Zoo while we either went there with Zora or went shopping. We drove up to the zoo to meet them and it was more packed than I thought possible. There weren’t any parking spaces and the line was all the way out into the parking lot. It had to be an hour wait just to go through the doors, and more cars were circling the parking lot. We decided that we should go to Sports World instead. We assumed Zane would like the go carts and golf, but apparently when he saw the video arcade, he made a bee line. They had a ball with him. Zach, Zora and I headed to a kid’s consignment store and browsed for a long time. I found one dress (she is wearing in the picture), a book, a game for Zane, and a building set for Zora all for under $20. By the time we returned to Sports World, they were having a drink and ready to head to the counter to redeem the 200+ tickets they had gatherered. Zane didn’t want to go home. (big surprise).
An evening with Grandma and Grandpa
Once we got home, we called my folks because they were planning on being in town tonight. They were just checking out at Sam’s Club and headed over right away. In the course of the evening Dad fixed our BBQ grill & our living room light (a bulb had exploded and was smoking and we didn’t know how to get it out so we hadn’t used the light for a week), we grilled some burgers, watched a program on tv that was highlighting antique farm implements, and read books and played with the kids. A lot of fun, but I am so tired now I can hardly think. I think I will just post a picture and go crawl in bed.
