Doing Church

From the dining room, I could see Mara standing motionless holding–of all things–one of the dog bones!

“What are you doing, Mara?” I called to her.

“I’m doing church!” she exclaimed.

And I knew exactly what she was doing. Every week, we have communion. Someone at the front of the church holds the bread, and we all file past them, pulling off a piece of bread and dipping it in the cup.

Mara was pretending to hold the bread for communion.

I thought it was pretty funny, so I took her picture. After which, she said, “Can I see?”

She took one look at her picture and said, “Take it again.”

Instantly, she lowered her head and looked ever so solemnly and the “bread.” (Quite frankly this pose looks much more like someone actually serving communion!) I guess she realized she didn’t have the proper stance in the first picture!

This girl cracks me up!