CAT CHURCH....

I have some issues I need to work on with my children. Unfortunately when Sunday morning arrives, they start the day with fervor and excitement to get up and run around the house, and then the question is always posed,

"Hey mom, what day is it?"

"It's Sunday, sweetie! We get to go to church today!"

Her inevitable reponse, "UHHHHHHGGG, NOOOOOO, I don't want to go to church mom! It's SOOOOOO boo-ho-rinngggg!! Sundays are SO BORING. Like, we never do anything- just sit around and go to church!"

And now that Dane is getting old enough he's following Lena's lead and really saying the same thing, which is kinda sad to me since he really likes nursery at church.

So this Sunday as we sat at Breakfast, I came up with a little diversion from this always pointless and slightly frustrating morning conversation just as it was beginning.

"You know what? You guys would hate to have to stay home and not get to go to church! You'd end up having to go to the kitties church. Did you know our kitties all have church under Mommy and Daddy's bed? Gracie, Pearlie, and Squirrelly all meet together every Sunday to have Kittie church. They sing all kinds of songs, Like 'I am a cat of God.' and 'Pioneer kitties sang as they walked and walked...' and .."

Lena piped in, "Do they sing 'Jesus wants me for a Sun-CAT!?" She asked with a smile in her eyes. "And the kittens wouldn't go to regular church, they'd have to go to church nursery because they are little!! But Gracie would have regular kittie church cuz' she's an older kittie."

"Yep!" I said. And with that they ate their breakfast, and continued speculating on the ins and outs of Cat Church. What they do, say, and think about it. What fun they have. And I am hoping that they'll realize maybe if the kitties can have fun at Church, they can too.