Teenagers

My oldest two DC are now old enough to attend the church's Youth Group. Unfortunately, the Youth Group at our church really is no longer the "happenin" group that it was and my DC do not enjoy attending anything there. Our church is also a 30 minute drive from home, which hasn't been a big deal, but it does put the church in a different school district which adds twists of school rivalry to any teenage gathering.

So, we attended a more local church early this winter, trying to find a Youth Group that the DC would enjoy and actually want to attend. We found an all-nighter advertised, and tried talking them into it - no go. Oldest DD figured we would force her to attend, so she invited a friend, not wanting to endure the torture alone. She was happily relieved to find that we had no intention of forcing her. Her friend talked her into going. (Of course her friend was going simply to check out the guys - God works in mysterious ways, doesn't he?) And because DD was going, we did force DS to go. (DS says no to absolutely everything, so sometimes he does need to be forced). I dropped them off about 9 o'clock at night and picked them up about 8 the next morning. The three of them were quite chatty in the car and told me all about their night. We dropped off the friend and headed home.

Ds sat down on the couch and didn't move for several hours.


DD went upstairs and showered, then she came down and passed out on the couch as well. Aww! She hasn't napped since she was two!

And the Youth Group? Well, they haven't gone back yet, but we're still hoping!