March 17, 2011

• Embarrassing kid moments

  We went for a walk in the park today…something we haven’t been able to do for a long time because of my contractions.  But I am 36 weeks now, so we are in the clear   So we went for a walk in the beautiful sunshine.  Strapping Caleb in the baby jogger provides him ample time to meditate on his surroundings and comment (out loud, very loudly) on all he sees. 
  “Mommy, why is that man doing that?  He looks funny!”
  “Honey, he’s just exercising” (I try to whisper…maybe he’ll take a hint from my tone of voice)
  “Why does he have no clothes on?! He’s all naked!” (loud enough for the man to hear)
  (by the way, the man just has his shirt off…but this loud comment is enough to draw the attention of dozens of other park-goers…including the ‘naked’ man)  I hid my head in shame and walk on.

  To be fair, I find myself saying a number of odd things to my kids; things like: “Put that piece of road back where you found it!”and “Leave that tree there!” are common examples.  But Caleb also says some pretty cute things, in addition to his more embarrassing ones.  We bought some girl scout cookies from our neighbor and Caleb commented while eating one:
  “Jackson, this cookie has a hole in it. That’s just the way God made it!”
  And today I was explaining to him that some friends of ours are unable to have a baby.  He said “That makes me sad.  Mommy, you have Caleb and Jackson and baby Miriam.  Why can’t they have babies too?”  I said we would just have to pray for them.  And to my surprise, he folded his hands and prayed right then “God, please let people have babies so they won’t be sad anymore.  Let them have a baby in their tummies, like baby Miriam.  Amen.”  It melted my heart.  I know God hears all our prayers, but I can’t help but think that one really got his attention. 

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