Parenting is an awesome responsibility, fraught with tough decisions, lessons to teach, battles to pick, etc., all in the hopes of raising loving, responsible, productive members of society.
Today, it's been just plain funny.
Today, we had two Hilarious Teaching Moments while out running errands, both in response to me overteaching the meaning of some Christmas carols.
First, "Do You Hear What I Hear", as we searched for parking...
Me (getting her out of the carseat): Did you hear that? A child shivers in the cold! Do you know who that child was? It was Baby Jesus! Remember, how he was born in a barn?
Ainslie: Yeah...
Me: It must have been cold, being outside (never mind that it was the Middle East...). And here He is, a little baby, and people are bringing him gifts of silver and gold...
Ainslie: Holy Cow! That's Amazing!
(I can only attribute that response to Veggie Tales. She routinely babbles to herself, "That was amazing. I laughed, I cried, it moved me, Bob.")
Then, in Dick's Sporting Goods, we heard "The Little Drummer Boy". I was singing it as we shopped, and I explained that the little boy was poor, but he still wanted to give something to Jesus, so he used his Gift of Music to play a song, and that made Baby Jesus so happy that He smiled at the little boy.
Ainslie: But mom, could Baby Jesus talk to the little boy? He was just a baby.
Me: You're right. He was a baby, so he couldn't talk, but he smiled because he liked the music and He was happy the little boy shared his music with Him.
Ainslie: Um hmmm.
Me (pushing it for a 2-yr old): Do you know what that means? It means that we should use the things we are good at to make God happy. So, if you are a really good singer, you should sing joyfully to the Lord! (borrowing from one of our Bible Story books). And....if you are really good at gymnastics, you should...ummm...you should always do your best!
Ainslie: I should do a straddle roll for Him!
Yes!
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2 comments:
She is priceless!!!! I love the way you explain things and aren't they funny, how they just let us go on and on. At our house, anyone who sings "Glooooooooooooria, in exshelseeeeees Day-o" IS an angel. No doubt about it!!!!
Carla... it's so hard to believe that Ainslee is so grown... it seems like just yesterday we were all waiting with you for her to be born.
I really like your blog... Think I'll start hanging out here more often!
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