Trying something new

Today, we decided to do something new for church. NO food!! No fishies. No pretzels. No fruit snacks. Nada!! I was worried because of Aiden. I figured you always have to have something for babies and then in turn the older kids have to have something because you have it. Well, for a couple of weeks, our kids have been crazy and fighting over all the snacks! They would be loud and ask for it the second we sat down. I had the girls in the habit of not having any snacks until after Sacrament (which honestly was just a punishment for me since Trav was up on the stand leading the music until then) but now that Aiden is older, he was looking for the snacks right away and freaking out when he didn't get any. So, I would give in and give him something which would then make Jor want something right away and when I didn't give it to her, a huge whine fest would happen. So Trav finally said No more food!! I was very wary of this proclamation!! I just thought....whatever! :) But I really was tired of them fighting so I figured it was worth a try. Today was trial run. I had coloring books and letter practice sheets, books and a few small toys but no food. Aiden immediately started looking for snacks and was starting to freak out but once he figured out that there wasn't any, he was totally fine and looked for something else. The girls didn't even use a whole lot of the stuff out of my bag. They colored for a bit and that was it! They were very calm so I could concentrate on keeping little man happy which can be a full time job sometimes;) I was very happy with how they acted and rewarded them with one little package of smarties at the end of Sacrament meeting!! I will definitely be doing that again and pray that it wasn't just a fluke and all will go crazy next week. I guess we shall see. The only problem I forsee is that we have church from 11-2 so it's right through lunch. I had to make sure they had a sandwich and apples before we left so they wouldn't be starving so I just have to make sure we make the time to feed them before we leave. :)