How Embarrassing!

I must say that this past Sunday was the worst that Jack has every behaved at church, and that is saying something. Sunday Aaron was giving a talk, so I was sitting on a pew on the side of the chapel by myself, with Jack and West. For the past 5 months Aaron has had to work on Sunday, so I have had a lot of experience sitting alone with the boys, but this Sunday was "special." We were sitting three rows from the front, maybe that was my first mistake.

We made it to the Sacrament and Jack and West were both doing really well, but then West had a poopy diaper, so I had to take both of them out. Well Jack did not want to leave, so all of the way out he kept sighing really really loud, and stomping, which created a lot of stares and giggles as we left the chapel. We made it back in without a problem, but had only been sitting for a little while, when Jack started acting up.

No one was sitting in the two rows ahead of us, so Jack climbed under the bench and sat on the row in front of me. I decided to let him stay there because he was being good, and I knew if I tried to move him he would freak out. Well Aaron stood up to give his talk, and Jack made his move to the first bench. He started looking at the stairs with a smile on his face. I was able to make eye contact with him and said, "don't you dare." I was holding West and he was starting to get fussy. Jack then walked over to a couple of metal chairs that were against the wall and started rubbing his hands on them, which made a pretty loud noise. I knew I had to act but it was not going to be pretty.

I stood up and told Jack to come with me, of course he screamed "NOOOOOO," and dropped to the floor, continuing to scream. Keep in mind I was in the very front of the church, not in the back. I had to set West down on the pew pick Jack up in one arm, and then pick West up in the other. So I had a screaming, uncooperative two year old in one arm and a crying five month old in the other. I now had to make my escape! I started making the very long walk down the isle, with Jack screaming and kicking, luckily the RS president met me half way and took Jack from me. I guess Jack was trying to help Aaron with his talk, which was on adversity. I felt so bad for Aaron, but some how he was able to continue giving his talk. It is a good thing we love our kids!

Here is a video of Jack trying to do the Heisman pose. He loves going outside and throwing the football with us so I tried to teach him how to pose:




And here is a video of West talking. He is such a happy baby and loves to talk: