All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go

Getting ready for church presents some very interesting challenges to our family. Because Mitch and I both lack true motivation during the weekends, we both sit around and drink coffee until the last possible second. We sat on the floor this morning playing and cuddling with the boys and before we knew it, it was 9:10 a.m. and church begins at 10:00 a.m. Neither of us had showered or gathered together the boys' church clothes at that point but being the optimists we "sometimes" are, we thought we'd try to make it in time. What follows is snippets of our forty minute "Get Ready" session: [Screaming children, slamming refrigerator doors, frazzled adults, shower water everywhere, clothes everywhere, Bruiser hiding from Mason, Hunter jumping off the couch and hiding when he realizes where we are trying to make him go, "Where is so and so's _____________? "There are no clean clothes in this house!" "Sit still!" "Stop it!" "Hunter stop pushing your brother!" "Mason stop hitting Hunter!" "Are we really going to try to do this?" etc.]. We were loaded in the car at exactly 9:59 a.m. We decided to have an adventure instead of going to church. By the time we would have made it to Mount Olivet, it would have been 10:10. By the time we would have dropped off Hunter at Sunday School and Mason at the childcare, it would have been 10:20 (drop offs are harder than one might think- see brackets above but keep in mind you're also in public when you are doing a drop off). Church would have ended at 10:40 (they move it along at Mt. Olivet). We drove to Saint Paul for some sightseeing. We found ourselves on Summitt Avenue and enjoyed looking at the beautiful homes and buildings. We tried The Red Balloon bookstore but it was closed. We'll try some other time. When we arrived home, I cooked a big breakfast- omeletes, rolls, hash browns, etc. Then I got to clean up the kitchen. Mason wasn't too thrilled about naptime and now I hear him ready to get up for more playtime!