How amazing is it when you hear your 4 year old say that she loves God and he wants to go to church everyday! I have to, (although hate to) admit that we were all more active in church before Leah. There really is never an excuse not to go to church, so this isn't an excuse, but you see, being Catholic, our church does not have Sunday school, or a nursery where you can leave children while you worship. They are expected to sit there with you and listen, quietly. We all know Leah does not do "listen", and "quiet" is a foreign word to her. Our only option for our extremely hyper, loud, although cute as a button, 4 year old is to sit with her in the church or go to the baby cry room. The baby cry room has no air conditioning ( not good in Miami), smells really bad, and you can't hear the sermons, prayers, etc. because of the loud children and even louder parents. So we sit among the masses and work really hard at trying to keep her just a little still and just quiet enough so everyone around us can hear. She is quite the comedian.Yes, and then there was the booty dance to one of the hymns. So we try to go to the 8:00 am Mass because its not as crowded, if we miss that the 11:00 Mass is crazy so we have been not going every week. I know, BAD. However, Leah loves church and says, "I love Papa Diosh" everyday( in Spanish we say Papa Dios meaning Father God) with such emotion that it is a beautiful sight. What amazes me is that we have been distant from church, yet she gets it, feels God's love, and loves God! How awesome is that? She is learning to have some control, and that past 2 weeks she has been pretty good, so maybe my little is growing up!
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