Monday, July 03, 2006
101 uses for a Baptismal Candle
A big Thank You to everyone who came to Ivy's Christening yesterday, and especially to those who helped out in various ways. (Special mentions to Gareth & Phillipa, Trine and, of course, Ian).
We had a lovely day, and I'm sure that if Ivy wasn't pretty much oblivious to what was going on, she'd say she had a good time too!
We seem to have more of the prayers written in children's handwriting than there were children at the service - so come on, admit it, which ones of you wrote fake kiddies handwriting so that you could get away with writing something silly?!
We still haven't figured out how to raise an "emergent child", we're going to take it one step at a time, but we feel that yesterday was an important first step along the way.
Also, not being familiar with Anglican tradition - what do you do with a Baptismal Candle? We guess it's important somehow, but any suggestions would be gratefully received - maybe we can get 101 uses for a Baptismal Candle!
We had a lovely day, and I'm sure that if Ivy wasn't pretty much oblivious to what was going on, she'd say she had a good time too!
We seem to have more of the prayers written in children's handwriting than there were children at the service - so come on, admit it, which ones of you wrote fake kiddies handwriting so that you could get away with writing something silly?!
We still haven't figured out how to raise an "emergent child", we're going to take it one step at a time, but we feel that yesterday was an important first step along the way.
Also, not being familiar with Anglican tradition - what do you do with a Baptismal Candle? We guess it's important somehow, but any suggestions would be gratefully received - maybe we can get 101 uses for a Baptismal Candle!
