Sunbeams and Smiles

I never realized how much I depended upon my sunbeam class to make it through the week, until I no longer had them on Sunday. It was pathetic, really. I was sitting in church watching all of the little babies and toddlers from the back of the chapel thinking, “Oh! I wonder if I could steal her for the rest of the meeting!” and realizing that since we are in a new ward, and most of the parents don’t know me, it prolly wouldn’t happen.

So after the meeting, we talked to the usual people to get our records transferred over and I realized that 1) our old ward was about to start and 2) if we hang around in the foyer long enough, we could ‘run into’ some of our old sunbeams! So we skipped Sunday School, because I was having serious withdraws! Don’t judge me! We hung out in the foyer long enough to see Sam.

Now Sam is one of my favorites . . . just thinking about him makes me smile! He has some of the funniest ideas about things and says the ‘darndest! For example, Blaine and I had brought animal crackers for snacks and Blaine had the kids showing off by naming the shapes of the animals. Well, we got to the donkey and little 3-year-old Sam goes “Sometimes, donkeys are also known as Asses!” That was a funny moment :) and his poor mother was mortified!

Back to hanging out in the Foyer. . . Sam was a little caught off guard seeing us because his mom tried to prepare his for our absence by telling him we weren’t going to be at church and there we were! So he was a little shy, but I got a big hug from his younger sister Lindsey and a promise from his mother to swing by our apartment later. Happy and content I went to RS where I met Mandy and her oh, so adorable Mason!

I was talking to Blaine later that evening after Sam and his family left and I've determined that borrowing other people's children isn't working any more and we need to find some children of our own to keep. However, its easier said than done. I think we should just plant a garden and grow cabbages so we can find the babies out in the cabbage patch - you never know, it may work!