This Little Sunbeam Didn't Want to Shine

Yesterday was a milestone marker for Alex!  In our church, the 18 month - 3 year olds attend Nursery for the Sunday School portion of church, and on the first Sunday of the new year, the current 3 year olds move on up to the big time in Primary {the children's Sunday School classes for 3-12 year olds}.  This new little crop of Primary kids are called the Sunbeams, and unfortunately, Alex wanted NOTHING to do with it!  He wanted to head right back to Nursery and was NOT happy when it wasn't an option.

His teacher (who is a family friend) literally had to throw him over her shoulder to keep him from clinging to me in a death grip on my way out of his classroom, and even though I knew he would be fine once I left {which he was}, I was still surprised he was putting up such a fight.  I certainly wasn't expecting him to give me problems this early on!  Hahaha.  Once they came in for Sharing Time, he struggled some more {as did Jane} and I'm beginning to think that my presence in the Primary presidency might cause more problems for him than it will help.  Over the course of the next half hour, he told a couple different teachers to go away and that he didn't like them, he started spitting on the floor when they were gathered around trying to learn a new song, and the only way he sat through the last portion of Sharing Time was because Grace gave him some of her "Thinking Putty" to play with while he sat in his seat.  Oh Alex. 

I'm hoping that by next Sunday he will have gotten used to the idea of being a Sunbeam a little bit better, because if EVERY Sunday is like this, I don't know what I'm going to do!

 {He had Thor in his pocket.  In case you were wondering.}