Well, you have to rehearse the ceremony first.
Jon and Pam had asked me to do a reading as part of their ceremony so I got ready and headed downstairs. It was quite convenient to be staying in the same place that the wedding takes place.
I met some of the most important people in Jon and Pam's lives, practiced standing in my spot a couple of times, and then grabbed my family to catch a ride to dinner. Howie had been dressing the boys while we rehearsed. Boy did they look cute in their khaki shorts and button up shirts. Luke even picked his out all by himself!
This was one of those nights I was so glad we had the boys on our time zone. We left the hotel after 7:00. One of us would not have been able to attend dinner since this is Brody's bedtime. Although, Howie felt like he might as well have stayed home with them. He didn't feel like it went very well. He ate fast and then spent the night chasing them around. Props to him for doing all the chasing for the night!
We walked in and Luke ran straight for the piano. I thought, (and maybe even said out loud), "oh no." It was going to be difficult keeping Luke away from that and no one is going to want to hear a two year old's rendition of who knows what. Luckily, this piano had an off button! Praise God! He could play all night long and no one would care!
The boys usually eat until they are done. They don't sit an mingle like us adults.
Plus, when there is a lot of excitement there is not much eating to be done anyway. They didn't eat much and just wanted to run from table to table entertaining people, especially Luke. Take a look at the mischief he was into that night!
Despite all my talk about being who I am, a busy sweatshirt wearing semi-stay at home mom with two rambunctious toddlers, I wanted to appear like I wore heels everyday and had two refined, well behaved boys. Its true when they say having children humbles you. When I saw what Luke was doing, I was a little embarrassed. I just had to remind myself, we are who we are and though I expect my children to be polite, they are busy, creative little boys who don't differentiate between backyard and fine dining.
Like I've said before, Brody does not take to strangers. But he found a friend in Jason, Jon's groomsman. Brody sought him out to "pound it."
It warms my heart to see Brody attach himself to someone like he did and have them pay him special attention. Luke has no qualms about asking for what he wants. He yells from the back of the car his order at a drive through. When a waitress comes to our table, he'll make sure to get his needs met. It was no different here. Dessert was buffet style and Howie had made him a plate. Yes, a plate. When he was finished he wanted more. I don't remember how the whole thing went down but after asking me for more, he got down from his chair, saying something along the lines of, "I go ask the lady," and asked one of the waitresses for more cookies. She thought he was so cute and funny she went to the buffet table and got him one. He did this more than once. Then Howie even got him more! The kid housed more dessert than he did his meal! Oh well, how often do you get to celebrate a wedding anyway.
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