A milestone reached

Poodle called for her first song yesterday during song service at church.  :-)

For those non-PB types out there, our worship service goes like this:  we have 30 minutes of a cappella congregational singing, followed by an opening prayer, preaching, a closing song (usually with a handshake) and then a closing prayer.  During the congregational singing, folks call out the songs they want to sing.  (Not that way in all PB churches - sometimes, the song leader(s) pick the songs....)

Yesterday, Poodle asked me what she had to do to ask for a song.  I told her when we finish this one that we're singing, that she needed to call out the number she wanted really loudly.  I asked her which song she wanted to sing.  She said "which number is Amazing Grace?".  I told her it was 154.

And she called it out!  It took an extra song for her to get heard, and I actually had to call the number myself to get the sound all the way to the front of the church, after some folks at the front said that a child in the back had called a song.  (We're pretty particular about supporting our children being involved with the worship service.  There's nothing better than the sound of babies crying and children participating in church).  But, she called out her first number.  It was really meaningful to me.  And, it's not like a rite of passage in the church or anything like that.  It's just a big deal to me to have the guts to speak out that loudly with all those grownups sitting around you.
:-)

I'm proud of you Poodle.  That was a big girl thing you did.