My Givers

I have always found it funny while handing out candy on Halloween night how such young kids are out trick or treating with their parents. The kids are to young to be eating candy, but yet there they are with their pumpkins full. But I give them some more candy with a smile and as they walk away think about how their parents will be enjoying it later that night. Well today our church held Trunk or Treat, which Billy and I have participated in many years. This year was going to be challenge because now we had our own children. How were we going to hand out candy and chase the girls? Well the girls napped at mom's today and Billy and I went to church to get ready. Mom brought the girls when they woke up. Once they arrived at church we made one lap around the parking lot. The girls stopped at very few trunks for treats, they just liked that they had so much open space to go and be free. We got maybe 10 pieces total of candy and two bottles of apple juice. The rest of the time they were at our trunk and were givers. I would give them two pieces of candy and tell them to put it in the bucket/bag/basket(whatever the child was carrying). They would gladly share with anyone passing by. When nobody was at our trunk they would start to wonder to the next trunk to find someone with a bucket so they could share the candy. I'm so thankful that they saw today as a time to give and not as a time to go fill up their pumpkin baskets with candy. I hope that they continue to be givers in life.

Church

We have been trying our best to start going to church once again on Sunday mornings. I like going to the 9am service because we are out and at mom's house in time for lunch and nap without being rushed. The girls are usually eat between 11 and 11:30 and a little after 12 are ready for their nap. Well this past Sunday we didn't get up in time (or should I say one person in this house) so we waited and went to the 10:15 service. Lately the church has started doing a small lesson during this service with the kids in the nursery. Sunday school lessons had only been done in the 4 year old and up classes. So this past week the girls had their first lesson and Ali had her first paper to bring home. I guess Emma wasn't much into coloring because she didn't have a paper. When we scanned it in you can hardly see the coloring, and partly because there wasn't much to see in the beginning, but we are proud of her no matter what. Ali's first church paper to put on the fridge. (Or maybe I should say put in the scanner.)