Nadia sat with Paul and I during the worship service on Easter Sunday. It was her idea. She has talked about it several times since then, but I didn't figure it out until this morning that she was wanting to continue joining us. I am thrilled that she wants to do this. I was planning on having her join me starting in September, but I love it that it's her idea rather than mine. Since the choir wasn't singing today, I asked her if she wanted to join me. Normally I sit up in the choir loft for the first part of the service, but the choir director is in Florida visiting her daughter this week. On Easter Sunday she only lasted one hour, but this morning she stayed for the entire service (almost 90 minutes). At the end, she proudly exclaimed, "I did it!". I had no idea this would give her such a sense of accomplishment. It's definitely a bit distracting for me (trying to teach her how to be quiet for that length of time), but overall I think she did very well. She used a pencil from the pew rack to write the alphabet and did a little drawing. Her favorite part is when we sing. If she's going to start joining me for the worship service, I think I'm going to have her bring her Bible (she used to bring her Bible every Sunday but once Oliver was born I ditched that as I usually ended up carrying it for her and I had one too many things to carry), and I'm also going to put a small notebook and a few crayons since crayons are quieter than a pencil and especially the eraser. She was somewhat paying attention to the sermon because she told me it was about Noah (and it was!). My little girl is growing up! Poor Oliver didn't fare as well during church because no one fed him the bottle I had in his diaper bag when he woke up from his nap. He was not a happy camper. He was asleep when I checked on him in between Sunday School and church. I guess I should have checked on him during the worship service. I felt terrible when I found out how unhappy he had been and figured out the reason was he hadn't been fed during the 3 hours he was in the nursery.
After church we came home and ate a quick lunch as then Paul took the kids to his parents' house, and then the five of them went to Hershey to see Disney on Ice. I don't begrudge the fact that stores aren't open as long on Sundays, but it's so much easier to shop with only one child. I was thinking what should I do with myself with all this free time with only one child, and shopping at the mall was the first thing that popped into my mind. If Oliver took a 3 hour nap as he often does, I wouldn't have been able to go shopping as the mall closes at 5pm, but his nap was a little less than 2 hours long so after I fed him, we hopped in the car and arrived at the mall at 4:15pm. We first went to Payless. I wanted to get myself two pairs of sandals and at least one pair of shoes for Nadia. I ended up getting her one pair of white sandals ($7.99) and four pairs of sandals for myself (wow!) for a total of $50.37. I got the casual brown and black pairs as planned, but then ended up splurging and getting dressier white and black pairs, which frankly was a good idea because the ones I use to walk to the park and such get beat up rather quickly so I'll save the prettier ones for church and such.
I also was hoping to buy myself a skirt as aside from maternity ones, I haven't bought myself a new skirt or dress in five years. I spent 15 minutes at the shoe store so I could have spent up to 30 minutes clothes shopping, but Oliver got tired of being in the stroller, and I found myself completly overwhelmed with the notion of buying a new outfit. I have lost touch with pricing due to shopping for the kids on clearance racks, yard sales, and consignment shops over the past five years. I would like some new clothes though. Maybe I'll try shopping online. Our shopping trip ended at CVS where I still do some couponing now and then. I bought six boxes of Kellogg's cereal, five 2 liters of Coke, and one tube of Colgate toothpaste for a grand total of $2.51. Gotta love CVS!
Nadia sat with Paul and I during the worship service on Easter Sunday. It was her idea. She has talked about it several times since then, but I didn't figure it out until this morning that she was wanting to continue joining us. I am thrilled that she wants to do this. I was planning on having her join me starting in September, but I love it that it's her idea rather than mine. Since the choir wasn't singing today, I asked her if she wanted to join me. Normally I sit up in the choir loft for the first part of the service, but the choir director is in Florida visiting her daughter this week. On Easter Sunday she only lasted one hour, but this morning she stayed for the entire service (almost 90 minutes). At the end, she proudly exclaimed, "I did it!". I had no idea this would give her such a sense of accomplishment. It's definitely a bit distracting for me (trying to teach her how to be quiet for that length of time), but overall I think she did very well. She used a pencil from the pew rack to write the alphabet and did a little drawing. Her favorite part is when we sing. If she's going to start joining me for the worship service, I think I'm going to have her bring her Bible (she used to bring her Bible every Sunday but once Oliver was born I ditched that as I usually ended up carrying it for her and I had one too many things to carry), and I'm also going to put a small notebook and a few crayons since crayons are quieter than a pencil and especially the eraser. She was somewhat paying attention to the sermon because she told me it was about Noah (and it was!). My little girl is growing up! Poor Oliver didn't fare as well during church because no one fed him the bottle I had in his diaper bag when he woke up from his nap. He was not a happy camper. He was asleep when I checked on him in between Sunday School and church. I guess I should have checked on him during the worship service. I felt terrible when I found out how unhappy he had been and figured out the reason was he hadn't been fed during the 3 hours he was in the nursery.
After church we came home and ate a quick lunch as then Paul took the kids to his parents' house, and then the five of them went to Hershey to see Disney on Ice. I don't begrudge the fact that stores aren't open as long on Sundays, but it's so much easier to shop with only one child. I was thinking what should I do with myself with all this free time with only one child, and shopping at the mall was the first thing that popped into my mind. If Oliver took a 3 hour nap as he often does, I wouldn't have been able to go shopping as the mall closes at 5pm, but his nap was a little less than 2 hours long so after I fed him, we hopped in the car and arrived at the mall at 4:15pm. We first went to Payless. I wanted to get myself two pairs of sandals and at least one pair of shoes for Nadia. I ended up getting her one pair of white sandals ($7.99) and four pairs of sandals for myself (wow!) for a total of $50.37. I got the casual brown and black pairs as planned, but then ended up splurging and getting dressier white and black pairs, which frankly was a good idea because the ones I use to walk to the park and such get beat up rather quickly so I'll save the prettier ones for church and such.
I also was hoping to buy myself a skirt as aside from maternity ones, I haven't bought myself a new skirt or dress in five years. I spent 15 minutes at the shoe store so I could have spent up to 30 minutes clothes shopping, but Oliver got tired of being in the stroller, and I found myself completly overwhelmed with the notion of buying a new outfit. I have lost touch with pricing due to shopping for the kids on clearance racks, yard sales, and consignment shops over the past five years. I would like some new clothes though. Maybe I'll try shopping online. Our shopping trip ended at CVS where I still do some couponing now and then. I bought six boxes of Kellogg's cereal, five 2 liters of Coke, and one tube of Colgate toothpaste for a grand total of $2.51. Gotta love CVS!
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