Wednesday With Reece

Reece went to Mass with us last night. It's the first time he has gone since he was a baby. We sat near the back, "just in case." We didn't know what to expect from him. It's not easy for him to sit still and be quiet, and he was wiggly and a bit noisy, but not too bad. I took him out into the hallway just after the consecration. He was very interested in watching what was happening when the bells rang. :o) All in all, it was a good experience. I asked him today if he wanted to go again, and he said, "Okay!"

We told him that if he was very good during Mass, we would buy him a present. (Yes, we do bribe our grandchildren). :o) So after Mass he wanted to go to HEB to buy a present. We needed milk and some other things anyway, so off we went to HEB. I asked what kind of present he wanted, and he mentioned cars and dinosaurs. We wound up buying him a set of Scooby Doo vehicles that he wanted. The child has enough cars, trucks and other vehicles to stock a small toy store, but they are his favorite toys.

We didn't have much time with him once we got home from Mass and HEB, but we played for awhile before bedtime and read some of his library books. He has a little bit of a cold, and I could tell that he wasn't feeling well. I didn't even try to do any of the homeschool lesson plan with him (except for the reading).

This morning we got up around 7:45 and fed the puppies, but by 9 AM he was ready to go back to sleep. So we went back upstairs and had a 2 hour nap. He seemed to feel better, and I took him with me to his Great-Gran's. He was excited to show her his new cars. We put up her little Christmas tree while we were there, and he played with a wooden sleigh she has on her kitchen counter. We're going to get a poinsettia to go in it, but in the meantime Reece loves pretending with it.

He always wants to stop at McDonald's on the way home, so we stopped and got him a cheeseburger Happy Meal and some food for his parents and Aubrey.

He has another dentist appointment tomorrow, this time with a pediatric dentist. The last dentist referred them to the pediatric dentist because, as I feared, Reece would not allow them to look in his mouth or do any work, and they did not want to sedate him. I hope things will go smoothly this time. Please send up a little prayer for him. We want him to have a good experience so that he won't hate going to the dentist. Thanks for your prayers!