Tonight at dinner we witnessed Jack very maturely wait until the current conversation was finished before starting his own thought - something that doesn't happen that often! After Charles finished talking, Jack then very articulately but a bit panicky said, 'May I please be excused. I am about to lose my bladder.'
LOL.
Monday, 1 October 2012
Sunday, 30 September 2012
Faith of a Child
A conversation as had a couple of nights ago while putting the boys to bed:
Theo (grabbing the kids' bible): Why is Goliath smiling on the front of this cover? [ed note: a question Charles and I have often pondered to ourselves]
Erin: I don't know Theo. That is a good question.
Jack (without hesitation and with much authority): Well, Theo, the Bible says that Goliath stumbled and died. Maybe he decided to love Jesus while he was stumbling.
Theo: I'll have to think about that Jack.
Theo (grabbing the kids' bible): Why is Goliath smiling on the front of this cover? [ed note: a question Charles and I have often pondered to ourselves]
Erin: I don't know Theo. That is a good question.
Jack (without hesitation and with much authority): Well, Theo, the Bible says that Goliath stumbled and died. Maybe he decided to love Jesus while he was stumbling.
Theo: I'll have to think about that Jack.
Thursday, 13 September 2012
Bite-Size Culutural Adjustment
Bringing your four kids 'home' to a country that is familiar to you but not so familiar to them is an interesting ride providing daily entertainment. Here are two snippets from lunch today:
Jack: Mom, who is running for president?
Erin: Well, there are two main candidates. One is Mitt (lots of laughter for what a funny name) Romney and the other is Barack Obama (surprisingly no laughter on that name). [I gave a bit more background about Republicans and Democrats being the main two parties etc]
Theo: Hey Barack Obama. I have heard of him.
Jack: Yeah, he took David Cameron to a basketball game.
Erin (a bit worried): Is that all you know about him Jack?
Jack: He is president too.
Erin (relieved!): Yes, that is right.
A few minutes later.
Erin: Hey look there is a dog out back, as a BIG (think Labrador size) black and white dog - runs through the back yard.
Theo: Hey, maybe it is a skunk. Mom, is that a skunk?
Two lessons learnt from lunch:
(1) There is little emphasis on learning the US Presidents at an early age in Britain.
(2) Britain doesn't have skunks.
Jack: Mom, who is running for president?
Erin: Well, there are two main candidates. One is Mitt (lots of laughter for what a funny name) Romney and the other is Barack Obama (surprisingly no laughter on that name). [I gave a bit more background about Republicans and Democrats being the main two parties etc]
Theo: Hey Barack Obama. I have heard of him.
Jack: Yeah, he took David Cameron to a basketball game.
Erin (a bit worried): Is that all you know about him Jack?
Jack: He is president too.
Erin (relieved!): Yes, that is right.
A few minutes later.
Erin: Hey look there is a dog out back, as a BIG (think Labrador size) black and white dog - runs through the back yard.
Theo: Hey, maybe it is a skunk. Mom, is that a skunk?
Two lessons learnt from lunch:
(1) There is little emphasis on learning the US Presidents at an early age in Britain.
(2) Britain doesn't have skunks.
Monday, 10 September 2012
Be Bald
A few days ago at breakfast the boys began to sing the kids praise song that goes 'be bold be strong for the Lord your God is with you.' This prompted Jack to ask Charles what the word bold meant. Charles answered that it was very similar to being courageous. Theo then piped up and said 'yeah, sometimes it means that and other times it means to not have any hair.' I love four-year-olds.
Friday, 7 September 2012
Park Trips
We are relearning how to do parks in America. We are slowly finding our groove. In England you walk to the park. In American you drive to the park. And if it is happy hour (2-4 pm) at Sonic (meaning half price drinks) Mom stops and gets a cherry diet coke for herself and three free waters for the kids. We show up at the park in our mini-van and all get out with our sonic cup and straws. We are starting to fit in very quickly indeed! We are quick learners!
Yesterday after arriving at the park, Theo quickly started asking others to play with him. His main introduction went something like this:
'Will you play with me? My name is Theo. Do you want to play World War 2? You know World War 2 was real. It really happened. It isn't a fairy tale.'
Unsurprisingly, he didn't have a lot of other four year olds biting at his invitation. Again, unsurprisingly, he had lots of parents laughing at him. And thankfully he had a six year old brother who was ready to indulge his desire to play WW2.
Yesterday after arriving at the park, Theo quickly started asking others to play with him. His main introduction went something like this:
'Will you play with me? My name is Theo. Do you want to play World War 2? You know World War 2 was real. It really happened. It isn't a fairy tale.'
Unsurprisingly, he didn't have a lot of other four year olds biting at his invitation. Again, unsurprisingly, he had lots of parents laughing at him. And thankfully he had a six year old brother who was ready to indulge his desire to play WW2.
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