A Momentous Day

Something momentous has happened this afternoon. Our church has VBS three days this week, and yesterday, I went with everyone planning to stay, as per Ryan's nervous requests. Ryan stuck pretty close to me for a little while, but when I had to change Chase's diaper at one point and asked Ryan if he would like to come with me or stay to watch the puppets, he opted for the latter. After that, I drifted in and out of wherever the kids were, and Ryan only occasionally asked me to stay with him. At one point, however, I was outside the room with a sleeping Chase, and I heard the assistant pastor interrupt his story to say pleasantly to a little someone, "Well, that's okay - you can sit there. Just don't fall off!", before going on with his story. I peeked in to see what was going on, and there was Ryan, perched happily on a high stool right in front of the room, next to the assistant pastor. I watched for the next few minutes, and every once in awhile he would whisper something or other to Pastor Jimmie, who would smile and say, "Oh, really?" It was adorable, and in short, Ryan had a great time. Today while we were eating lunch Aimee asked if I might be able to drop them off - and LEAVE, which was her main point. Ryan chimed in, "Yeah, I want you to drop me off and then go away." I agreed, thinking he may change his mind later, but when I took him to the church building, he started pushing me away. "Now GO, Mom," he insisted, as if for the past three years it's been solely my idea to be glued side-by-side at every church function. :-) So I left, and Chase I and returned home together, with me wondering what in the world I was going to do at home with just one child. It's probably going to take me it's time to pick them up to figure it out. But there's still tomorrow!