Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Hard Lessons

So, with Christopher in kindergarten he has the joy of getting invited to all his friends birthday parties. I remember being excited when I got invited to birthday parties when I was little. But it hadn't dawned on me until he got his first invite that people would have these parties on Sunday. Of course, I know Sunday is just a part of the weekend to lots of people, but that didn't really effect Christopher until now. Today he got his second invitation to a party on a Sunday. The first one I didn't really tell him about because I didn't want him to be too dissappointed, but I showed him this second one and he was so excited. So I told him it was on a Sunday and asked him if he thought it was better to go to a party on Sunday or go to church. He's such a good kid he said we should go to church.....but he said it through tears. He really wants to go to the party, but knows that he should go to church. We talked about how there are lots of kids in his class and someone is bound to have a party on a Saturday (I hope) and he can go to one of those parties. I felt so bad because he was so sad about it. I'm not sure what I would have done if he chose the party when I gave him the choice. :) Plus, both parties so far have been at the martial arts center...don't ask me why...maybe all these kids are in karate together??? Any advice on how to handle these types of parenting situations....I hope I didn't guilt him into choosing church.

4 comments:

Christina said...

You're right, this is a tough one. I have no wisdom for you.

Shayla Finlinson said...

I think you did exactly what is good.. that is tough..I hope they have one on Saturday soon... your blog is so cute.. i love it... your children are so adorable..

Becca said...

That is so hard but so worth it. When you do it from the beginning, it makes it easier from here on out when your kids just know that's how we're supposed to do things. Most of Caleb's gym meets were on Sundays last year and he never questioned why he couldn't go but always asked if he could compete on Saturday instead. I'm glad we made that decision from the beginning - now it's just a natural decision. Hopefully it will get easier for Christopher too - he already knew the right answer but it doesn't mean it was easy :) I hope they have a Saturday party soon!

Maile said...

It doesn't surprise me at all that Christopher had the right answer on what to do. He's such a good kid. But that is really hard. I also don't have any advice; I'm realizing every day that parenting just seems to get harder, or at least needs more creative solutions, the older our kids get.

I'm also excited our babies will be blessed on the same day! It'll be fun to share this experience now that we have 7 kids between us. :)