Salt and Pepper

On Wednesday evenings we go to church. Kimmie's sister goes off to the youth activities while Kimmie and I join the pastor's Bible study in the fellowship hall. Dad is usually around getting microphones and slides and video clips ready for the study. He usually goes straight to church from work.

The church serves a meal before the Bible study, but the girls and I eat at home since they don't always like the food that is served.

When the Bible study is over we have to wait a little while for Kimmie's sister to appear since the youth activities go a little longer than the adult Bible studies. While we are waiting the people who clean up usually come in and start cleaning up the fellowship hall. They pick up the salt and pepper shakers, remove the tableclothes, stack the chairs and fold up the tables.

One evening Kimmie started playing with the salt and pepper shakers so we encouraged her to help gather them. She really took to this. Most weeks now she helps gather the salt and pepper shakers, running all over the room snatching them from the tables. I run around behind her encouraging her to hold them upright, although the floor gets its share of salt and pepper.

At first I wasn't sure what the cleaning crew thought of this. They even picked them up in different ways a couple weeks, ways that did not allow Kimmie to help. But now they place a tray out for Kimmie to put the shakers on while they take the tableclothes off. They carefully remove the tableclothes leaving the shakers on the edge of each table so she can reach them. And everyone comments on what a big helper Kimmie is.

--Mom