The Sabbath, a Day of REST!

I'm not Gonna Lie-Our Sunday evenings are anything but restful. As a family we try to make Sundays as much a day of rest as possible with children. After not playing outside or with friends, and with no TV/videos all day they get pretty "wired" by evening, so we try to suggest calm sabbath day activities they can do. They usually end up reading some books listening to music. As the holiday season is approaching we have been listening to the Polar Express soundtrack frequently. This last Sunday as they were reading and listening, they asked if they could dance. Who could say "no" to three boys who just want to dance reverently (yeah right!)? They all ended up dancing around the room in circles (our carpet is going to end up with a worn track in it). Dacie even had her first dance, as Colton wanted a girl to dance with and mommy was blogging. The dancing turned to 'creative movement' as pillows went flying through the air, and eventually it ended with someone joining the pillows in the air and allot of crying. At that point the boys all ended up in their beds-where they probably should have started anyways!
Dan and I manage to keep it restful for us-as you can see in this picture, sometimes our discipline technique is to sleep on the couch in the same room and ignore it until there is blood. Dacie is a bit wiser than her bros, she watches the fun under cover! Sundays certainly are a work in progress!