Sunday School Blues

Today we went to church, as has been the trend over the last few months. I absolutely love this church and am just thrilled that we started going there.

I'm really trying to get the kids to go into their class now because I really want to get involved with the Worship Team. I know that this situation is brought on by myself and Jon, but I'm trying to take care of it now. Kannon and Magnum do not like to go into their Sunday School classes. Jon never let me put the kids in nursery as babies and since I'm a stay at home mom they are just used to being with me all the time. The only time they are left is usually with the grandparents so the whole concept of going into a room with adults they don't know is a little scary.

As we pulled into the parking lot at church the kids said they wanted to go into church and I told them that they were going to their class. Magnum and Kannon started crying immediately and sobbed all the way into church and into their class. I decided to sit in the class for a few minutes with one of the teachers and try to distract them by looking at a book. Of course as soon as I left Kannon started really getting upset and crying, but I left him anyway as my heart broke in two.

I sat in church praying that the boys would enjoy their class and constantly checking the wall where the parents numbers come up if you children need you. To my surprise, it never came up, but I was nervous to hear what had ensued while I was in church.

As I approached the kids class, I could see Kannon sitting on a chair and Magnum playing with another boy. As soon as Kannon saw me, his bottom lip started to pucker out and and tears started rolling down his face. The teacher assured me that once I left he calmed down and although he didn't really participate, he was good and just kind of sat there watching everything. Magnum did really well.

I hope that in a couple more weeks this gets easier and the kids start to enjoy their class. The thing I'm dreading now is that they have no idea that we are going to do this again tomorrow. I'm going to the MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) meeting tomorrow morning and the kids go into a preschool like setting while the mom's have their Bible study. I'm getting nervous just thinking about it already.