Hello, friends. Howabout a little photo dump? With captions underneath?
This is how Sam feels about what transpired a few minutes before this picture was snapped. We’ve been practicing how to sit still. On a church pew. Without making noises. You get my drift? I know he’s only 23 months old, but the time’s a comin’ when we’d like him to be in “big church” with us. We’re averaging 2 minutes of good, solid still time. Considering our service is an hour and a half long, I’d say we got some work to do. I think these next pictures sum up where we’re at with the whole process.
The good news is that he loves to sing. I mean, loves to sing! I usually never have my camera with me when we’re in the middle of a good jam session, so I am very delighted to have caught him in mid-note for this pic. “Jesus Loves Me” was the song of choice, and if ever there’s a song I want him to sing with gusto, it’s this one.
Sam performs when he wants to perform…and it’s usually not when others are watching him. I’m hoping this ends up being a good thing for him.
We finished Sam’s room a few weeks ago. I won’t bore you with a ton of pictures, but here’s how it meshed together.
I feel like I need to add that, although I love pretty things and lovely spaces, my hope and satisfaction isn’t (or maybe I should say shouldn’t be) in material stuff. We know there’s a fine line between enjoying the beautiful things God’s given us and idolizing those things, making them little gods. What Sam’s big boy room looks like carries no eternal significance in this life. To sum it up, it’s enjoyable making our house more homey…and my husband encourages it and appreciates it, too. And, if possible, we try to do-it-ourselves, design on a dime!
Last but not least, my sweet grandmother bought Sam this electronic dog this weekend.
See the dot on its forehead? When you trigger the censor, it rolls on the floor and laughs hysterically. Sam will not come within 6 feet of it. He really wants to play with the dog, but he can’t muster up the courage. As soon as he gets close enough to trigger it, he runs for his life and finds me wherever I am in the house. This keeps him busy for at least 20 minutes. I wish my words could do the hilariousness of it justice, but they can’t.
Happy Monday to you!
4 comments:
I definately think you've got a good thing going here. And his room turned out adorable!
The room looks great! Might I suggest a blog (Smockity Frocks)- she has some great tips on keeping kids in the church service. (The post was fairly recently, so it shouldn't be too hard to locate.) I am about to start implementing some of them on Sarah. (Little does she know.)
So sweet, also great job on Mr. Sam's room, i love the window treatments!
Big boy room is adorable.
You always have such great things to say about the deeper significance of things. I appreciate that.
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