The sock who doesn't want to go to church

"No go church!" This has become a common statement on Sunday mornings around here. I really can't say that I blame him. He has to get dressed up and go sit and be quiet and he knows it. Going to church is not optional around here, but I would like to make it as pleasant as possible.

Yesterday I invented a game. This wasn't a game to make my son want to go to church or to trick him into going to church, but rather to help him know that he is understood. I was trying to help him get his socks on for church and he didn't want to put them on. He said "no go church!" So I put the socks on my hands instead and had them talk to each other. The first sock said "It's time to go to church." The second sock said "No go church!" They went back and forth for awhile having a conversation that was typical of me and my son. He thought it was hilarious! For some reason when this was over my son was willing to get his socks on and go to church. I think if I had played this game with the intent to trick him into going to church it would not have worked. It was just a bit of comic relief, I suppose, from an otherwise tense time, and I hope it helped him feel understood.

Now he randomly brings me socks and says "No go church!" He wants me to put on the mini puppet show again and I gladly oblige. The sock who wants to go to church and the sock who doesn't want to go to church both go to church together on the feet of my son, who doesn't want to go to church.