As we walked along the paths Kenya and Azure didn't like that it was dark for such a long time besides the little lights on the path. Kenya kept saying "this sure is a dark, spooky forest." They has speakers around the lights that read scriptures and talked about the birth of Jesus.
There was a life size nativity. Azure thought since the people were life size that baby Jesus should be alive and moving. She kept asking me why baby Jesus wasn't moving. There were candles burning all around. Kenya asked why there was SO many candles and then informed us that he was going to blow them out. He was on Miles shoulders most of the time so he wasn't able to get too close. He still tried to blow as hard as he could but wasn't close enough. Azure walked right up to the candles and had all intentions of blowing the candles out, if I wasn't close to her she would of.
There was a petting zoo that of course our kids enjoyed. Last stop was the chapel, they have lots of different choirs sing inside. We didn't have enough time to stay and watch so we quickly walked through. We almost made it out without the kids doing something naughty. Kenya was next to Miles and only a few feet from the door. Miles turned for just a second to talk to the scouts. Kenya took this perfect opportunity to SPLASH in a bowel of holy water, while saying "whats this" I was close enough to pull him away but he managed to splash the back of at least 3 people sitting in the back bench. At times I wonder if my kids are normal or just trying to see how much they can do to embarrass us. After over 4 years of being a parent it takes a lot, most of the time all I can do is shake my head, take care of the problem and move on.
2 comments:
They are perfectly normal. Kids are kids and all we can do is teach them and hope they figure it out one day!
They get better at that kind of stuff as they get older. Aunt Jan used to say when we were little to my mom, "let them kids get their brattiness out while they are young" so by the time we grew up it would be out of our systems. But if we expected perfect behavior then kids would grow up to be teenage hoolagans, and that is even worse. You can always blame it on age when they are young, no so much when they are older. ;)
The grotto looks amazing, I would love to have somthing like that here.
I am sure they are completely normal. Cade would have done the exact same thing in the holy water. No worries! I am sure anyone sitting there that's had kids chuckled inside, thinking "been there, done that"!
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