Robot

 This morning both kids decided to sleep in and although Geoff and I were tempted to go back to sleep ourselves, we decided to get up and get ready for church. Our reasoning was:

1. If we opted to go back to sleep, then just as it was too late to get ready for church but probably only 20 minutes later than the current time, the kids would have woken up anyway.
2. I had reminded E of Sunday school and church before bed and I knew he would remember and question me.
3. See reason number 1.

The thing is Geoff and I consider ourselves to be spiritual, but not overly religious. We don't mind going to church, but for us it really isn't a necessity. Sleep on the other hand is. Regardless we got ourselves up and ready and then dragged our still sleeping children out of their beds, changed them from pjs to clothes and put them in the car half asleep. Geoff made up juice cups and snack cups of cereal to get them through church (note: this is common practice and completely acceptable in the "family church" service at our church).

After church we took E down the hall to his Sunday school room and then promptly dropped Ella off in the nursery. Again, the high school girl in the nursery was really excited to see Ella so off Geoff and I went to coffee hour. We did play games and generally enjoyed ourselves. We also saw one of our favorite people from our vet clinic and I talked to her for a few minutes.

When Sunday school was over I was still talking so Geoff went and retrieved both kids. E was really excited to show his artwork. "Look I made a boat!" We ooohed and aahhed appropriately over his boat and his finger painting. Then we asked him what else they learned in Sunday school.

E:"Robots!"

Me: "You learned about robots?"

Geoff: "Well, did you look at his fingerpainting?...They may have. (said with a sarcastic grin)

E: "Yup. Row Row Row your bot!"