The last few Sundays have been a whirlwind of activity and I come home from church and lay on the floor and wonder what just happened. A few weeks ago I got a new calling. Goodbye Relief Society and Hello Primary. I am now the Primary Chorister, loving referred to by the children as the new music lady. This is a calling that had me a little nervous, but I was pretty excited also. I just had no idea how much time and effort it would take. It is very intense and a ton of preparation. I think that I have probably spent 30-40 hours on it already. I hope that it pays off and the children learn to love me.
Needless to say, church has now become somewhat of a marathon. Between wrestling Rylee in a church bench for an hour, during which my boys both want me to scratch their backs, or I am trying to take away the markers that have conveniently turned into "light-sabers". Then it is straight onto Primary where I have to sing for forty minutes straight, trying all the while to keep kids attention with many games or pictures. Then to the nursery where I get to sing to 15 small kids that just want to run around, with the exception of a few who lay on the floor. Then back to primary where we finish out closing exercises with a bunch of songs. A lot of which I am still learning myself. By the time that 4 pm comes, I am exhausted and all I want to do is take a nap.
Something that I have learned through all of this.... Never underestimate the intense preparation and time it takes to make something look easy.
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I still am reeling about all of the work you did yesterday! But--you did make it look easy...and I wouldn't worry--I think that the kids love you already!
Hang in there. It gets better! That is by far the hardest calling in the ward and you will go home tired every week! You'll do great. I cried when they released me from that calling. I have some ideas for you if you'd like or check out sugardoodle.com. There might be lots of ideas on there! Good luck and just have fun!
You wonder how it can get harder?!? Then they throw this at ya! Good luck and if I see any ideas or fun things from our ward I will send them your way.
Oh the joy of being in primary, thats exactly what I felt like when I would come home from nursery every Sunday. It is so exhausting. I do know that Addy loves the "new music lady" so know your work is being appreciated, even if it is just by a 4 year old :)
ha ha, i have to laugh because this is the calling i just got too. i have been doing sining in our 3 nurseries since january and they just asked me to do jr. primary singing time. i wasn't to sure if it either. but it will be a good growing experience. maybe we can share ideas on the songs!!
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