sunday
after the usual rush of getting ready and scrambling out the door, the girls and i made it to church almost on time, made it through sacrament meeting almost quietly and each went our three separate ways for the first time almost happily.
eve has been getting excited about moving up from nursery to primary, where all the big kids and a lot of her friends are, for a couple months. but she never realized ruthie wasn't moving up with her. she broke down sobbing as we dropped ruth off. sobs down the elevator, down the hall and into the chair next to her new teacher. eventually the sobbing turned to tearful wilting and with a kiss and my special lip gloss for her to hold on to- she loves that lip gloss- i made my way out and up to teach the gospel doctrine class wishing i could sob myself. i love that little team of two.
two hours later all the tears were dried and excitement filled the conversation as eve and ruth reported all the things they did and learned, many of which could have only taken place inside their little brains. with chip home from his meetings we all took a walk through the park and neighborhood and reveled in being together. next sunday we may not be perfectly on time and we certainly won't be perfectly quiet, but i think we'll all be a little closer to happy with the separation from each other for those two hours, because the reunion is pretty great.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 04:37PM
Reader Comments (6)
Chloe wonders "why is Evie whining on the floor?"
You guys all look so great, I miss you.
I love that team of two too!
I also love the Ruthie/Lukie team. They were so cute yesterday holding hands the entire ride back from Brooklyn. And Eve was a pretty good sport about it too.
I love that team of two too!
I also love the Ruthie/Lukie team. They were so cute yesterday holding hands the entire ride back from Brooklyn. And Eve was a pretty good sport about it too.
AWWW so sweet. I remember when Rem and Annie were that close. *sigh* Now they can't wait to get away from each other. I will keep my fingers crossed that yours stay that way since they're both girls.
Lizzie was VERY excited to start "Big Kid Primary" too. I miss watching them grow up together.
now....why don't you look pregnant? maybe we need a sideshot sometime.
Everyone to church on time? Now that is a serious accomplishment. One that Ian and I still fail to master most of the time-- and we don't have any little ones in tow. Love the girls' dresses in that pic-- they look so much like you, Katie! I see so much of you in their little faces and it brings back so many memories of when we shared a room way back when!