If You Love My Kids You'll Think This Is Funny...

Or you'll never want them to visit your house.
Last week we met with our Pastor Marcus and his wife Natalie for dinner at their house. A really beautiful house. Bryan was there to discuss future plans for the new building and to get some visuals drawn up, me- just there to kick back and chat with Natalie and her daughter Bianca.
Before we got there I was nervous to take the kids. They are kids after all and love to "explore"...code word for nosey. One of the first things she told me was "there was nothing that they couldn't touch, and don't be scared that they'll break something". A HUGE sigh of relief for me. She had a play room set up where her own grandchildren play so that was a big plus. At first I thought Ry and Brit would be a little scared, maybe a little more reserved because this was a new house to them. Wrong. They all walked around like they owned the place. Ry was not afraid to explore, or throw a tantrum. I'm guessing it was because Natalie is the kids' Sunday School teacher most of the time, so they knew her a little already.
After dinner the guys left to discuss and we just sat around talking. The kids were playing here and there. Then they wanted to go outside. So I let them giving them instructions to just stay in the front yard. I was peeking out the window and noticed they found some sidewalk chalk, and were writing their names on the walk way. I was a little nervous about that too, but they told me it was no problem. Then they discovered the door bell, and rang it each a couple of times....like they've never had a door bell before. Then they came inside right before we left.
The next day I get a message from Natalie thanking us for coming to dinner. She also said that the she forgot her phone when she was leaving that morning, and when she was walking back in the house she noticed that the kids had drawn CROSSES on the side of her house. She thought it was cute and was still laughing about it on Sunday morning....I, on the other hand, was mortified. So If you have us over to your house...please hide the sidewalk chalk.