Good Toddler Times at Church

I just remembered this.... Last Sunday at Church, we were sitting in Sacrament Meeting. The girls kept talking out loud. I kept reminding them to whisper if they needed to talk. Eliza was good and switched to a whisper voice right away. Sadie, however, not so much... The meeting was quiet as they passed the Sacrament. , In a normal volume voice, Sadie says, "Shhhhh.... I am very quiet." I kept whispering to her to whisper and she would continue to reply, "Shhhh... I am very quiet." I had to hold back my laughter. Then she went on to announce what was going on... "The bread is coming... Here he is...The bread is coming..... Here's the bread...I want water. I thirsty...Here comes water...The water is coming.. Here water.... I spilled....Mommy, I all wet..."

Next Eliza needs to go potty. Sadie doesn't want to miss her chance to go out in the hall either. As soon as we get back from that, Sadie announces, "Mommy, Sadie need diaper change... Change Sadie's diaper..." She has already figured out how to get out of the meeting and into the hall. :) It cracks me up.

I am very proud of Sadie's verbal skills. It is only a disservice during Sacrament Meeting. I think if she talked in more of a babble instead of complete sentences, than she'd seem younger and it would seem okay that she was making so much noise. If she's old enough to talk like that, than I am afraid people would expect her to be able to whisper better. At least she is small and still has a very baby look to her. My sister, Molly, has a tall son. Similarly, she had a problem that people think he is older than he is because he is so tall, and they expect him to behave older.