So, do any of you out there have 11:00 church? Because we do, and I never thought I'd be saying this, but it is way too late for me! Perhaps its because my children are up by 7 or 7:30 every morning and Scott is already at church meetings by the time they/I wake up, but there is just way too much down time before we can finally get out the door. And I don't know what it is about Sundays -- every other day of the week I manage to shower and get dressed for the day without Scott here to keep an eye on the kids. But on Sundays, showering and getting dressed for the day are monumental tasks!
I think I've finally gotten the system down. I've learned to get the kids dressed at the very last minute before leaving for church otherwise they're sure to spill something or get stained by something before we leave. I've also learned to take advantage of Little Einstein's on the TiVo to shower and start getting ready. And just to make sure they leave me alone for a little while, I ply them up with lots of snacks. Despite all my tactics, etc. we still have 3-4 hours of down time every Sunday morning with nothing to do!
I don't even know what I'm going to do when we switch to 1:00 church next year!
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Ha! You are not alone Jessica. We have 1:00 church and it is hard to keep things sane. The only thing that may be better with 1:00 or 2:00 church, at least for me is that my children fall asleep during sacrament meeting. But we use quite a few tactics too. That way we help the kids keep out of trouble (a.k.a painting their faces with my makeup while I get xela ready for church--that was NOT a fun morning) before church starts.
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