On Zippers

Yesterday, Jonah and Toby sang in church with the RUCC Boys Choir.  As the service started, we stood to say one of the prayers, and I noticed Toby's zipper was down. 

I passed him a note:

He wrote back:

What to do?! 

A quick check of his shirt told me it wasn't long enough to completely cover the open zipper.  Toby would be in the front row so yes, it would be very obvious.

And sometimes these parts of the service are photographed and put out on Facebook for all the world to see!

How many people would notice if I tried to "unstick" the zipper right there in the pew?  Would it be more distracting for us to leave the sanctuary to fix the zipper?  

I quickly realized two things: 1) how noticable this will be depends on just how stuck it actually is - how graceful (or not) I can be, and 2) We are in CHURCH, and IF any of my church family notice, they will likely not think, "pedophile!":  I would probably have some kind of benefit of the doubt. 
(At what age, by the way, did my kids' clothing become NOT my responsibility - I changed diapers and dressed them for how many years?! At some point before now, however, it has become socially unacceptable for me to zipper or button their pants in public)

Luckily for me, it was an easy zipper "fix".  I don't think many people noticed.  But Toby's clasped hands probably would have covered the open zipper. . .