Graduation from Baptismal Class

So last Thursday we again hurried home from work, fed Katelynn supper, stuffed a diaper full of stuff and made the hour drive to Louisville for our final Baptismal class. Katelynn was not having a terrific time at Paula and Joe's this go round, I attempted to go to the bathroom before we left for the church and the meltdown began, she thought, I recognize this place and these people and you are going to leave me. We said a quick good-bye and out the door we went (she cried for about a minute according to Paula and Joe, not to bad). We arrived at the church and sat at our table and waited, they had said the week before that we were welcome to bring our kids with us if we would like, but Dan & I figured Katelynn would never make it through this and we wouldn't be able to pay attention and Dan did not want to miss another opportunity to be correct on questions. A majority of the couples did bring their kids with and with babies crying and toddlers attempting to talk and play it was a tad hard to concentrate on what they were talking about, but oh well, life goes on. After going over symbols we proceeded to the church where we met the Deacon and he went over the happenings during the baptism and the water and oil they use to baptize, pretty interesting. One thing that we need to do it find a white baptismal gown for Katelynn, the rule is "they must be in white", great - now where do I find a 24 mo - 2T baptismal gown? That will be my job for the week, scouring the internet looking for one, maybe this procrastination isn't the way to go for me. As you can see I am not paying close attention to what is happening in the church because I am wrapped in my own thoughts (and watching this 2 year old trying to play in the water and his mom chasing him all over the place).
So the Deacon says there are 3 questions that we must answer as parents during the baptism:
1. Are you here to have your child baptized?
2. Do you believe in the Catholic church?
3. Do you agree to raise your child catholic and keep their faith alive?
So the Deacon proceeds to go over each question and the 2nd question "Do you believe in the Catholic Church" he says the "C" on Catholic is a big "C" and we are all proud to be catholic and should rejoice with this answer - I just put my head down and knew what was coming, Dan whips his head and eyes towards me (he does not follow the Catholic church, nor does he want to be a Catholic) and gives me the look, "I am not going to do that". He whispers to me, I am not going to lie in the church and say "yes" to that question, what am I supposed to do? Me, I don't know, we'll have to ask what you are supposed to say. Dan wants to ask in front of the entire crowd of Catholics and I said, obsolutely not, you wait until the class is over and we will ask him in private. So we did and the Deacon said that Dan will need to put it in his own context and that his "c" can be a little "c", but his answer will still be "yes". Whew, drama over, thank you lord.
Class is dismissed and we all get the A-okay to have our children baptized in the church, now we just have to set a date.
Back to Paula and Joe's to pick up Katelynn and how does any Minnesotan celebrate, with a beer of course! So we had a beer with Paula and Joe and visited for awhile, Katelynn was still awake, way past her scheduled bedtime, but I guess for one day it won't do any harm. All in all it was a good, fun (and entertaining) experience.