September 27
Monday, September 27, 2010
And Collette’s morning began with credit card fraud. Fortunately, before OLeif had even notified the company of the charge to their account, they had already flagged the account and had recalled the shipment, which had been purchased by some criminal in Kansas City who, apparently, was unaware that Collette carefully checked the credit card transactions every day.
In the morning, Collette was reading to Puck about Heaven.
“I’m gonna go there,” he said. “And all of my friends. And I will show God my green tractor.” Then he thought some more and said, “I’ll ask God to those people who steal money from us, and God would whack those people!”
Collette had to explain things…
Later… Puck hurried into the other room to see Collette.
“Is God coming home today?”
He was also interested in the matter of most of his clothes having become too small since the spring.
“I need to give them all to Baby Hesed now,” he said. “‘Cause I’m getting bigger and bigger, just like Daddy.”
At lunch, Collette began reading from the book of Luke to Puck.
“We are going to learn about Jesus being born,” she told him.
Puck thought about this for a moment. “The big God can’t be born,” he said. “Only the baby God can.”
How to explain the Trinity to a three year-old…
After his nap, Puck was busy singing… dry bones and bones and bones… dry bones and bones and bones…
That evening would have been for shewermas, except that no American grocery store seemed to stock proper pitas. So… it was shewermas without the pockets.
This was followed by Bible study. In fact, as soon as OLeif walked in the door, Puck, who had been begging for ‘family worship’ all week, shouted out, “Bible study!” He was most eager to read the next story in his baby Bible, regarding the Tower of Babel.
“Castle!” he cried. “We get a castle this time!”
And as they read, OLeif tucked a pillow behind his head. Puck immediately grabbed another couch pillow and tucked it behind his own. Anything to be like his daddy…
Then an hour spent between the two boys on more Calvin & Hobbes, and pretending to go to the Milky Way under the eggplant-purple blanket.
The evening ended with An Idiot Abroad: China, while OLeif worked on websites and finished off the peanut butter.
“Now I lay me down to sleep.
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
If I should…die… before I wake…
Bring me back to life!”
— Ichabod Crane, Shelly Duvall’s version of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
Puck could not help but start his day with begging to set up his Hot Wheels track in the living room.
And Collette’s morning began with credit card fraud. Fortunately, before OLeif had even notified the company of the charge to their account, they had already flagged the account and had recalled the shipment, which had been purchased by some criminal in Kansas City who, apparently, was unaware that Collette carefully checked the credit card transactions every day.
In the morning, Collette was reading to Puck about Heaven.
“I’m gonna go there,” he said. “And all of my friends. And I will show God my green tractor.” Then he thought some more and said, “I’ll ask God to those people who steal money from us, and God would whack those people!”
Collette had to explain things…
Later… Puck hurried into the other room to see Collette.
“Is God coming home today?”
He was also interested in the matter of most of his clothes having become too small since the spring.
“I need to give them all to Baby Hesed now,” he said. “‘Cause I’m getting bigger and bigger, just like Daddy.”
At lunch, Collette began reading from the book of Luke to Puck.
“We are going to learn about Jesus being born,” she told him.
Puck thought about this for a moment. “The big God can’t be born,” he said. “Only the baby God can.”
How to explain the Trinity to a three year-old…
After his nap, Puck was busy singing… dry bones and bones and bones… dry bones and bones and bones…
That evening would have been for shewermas, except that no American grocery store seemed to stock proper pitas. So… it was shewermas without the pockets.
This was followed by Bible study. In fact, as soon as OLeif walked in the door, Puck, who had been begging for ‘family worship’ all week, shouted out, “Bible study!” He was most eager to read the next story in his baby Bible, regarding the Tower of Babel.
“Castle!” he cried. “We get a castle this time!”
And as they read, OLeif tucked a pillow behind his head. Puck immediately grabbed another couch pillow and tucked it behind his own. Anything to be like his daddy…
Then an hour spent between the two boys on more Calvin & Hobbes, and pretending to go to the Milky Way under the eggplant-purple blanket.
The evening ended with An Idiot Abroad: China, while OLeif worked on websites and finished off the peanut butter.
“Now I lay me down to sleep.
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
If I should…die… before I wake…
Bring me back to life!”
— Ichabod Crane, Shelly Duvall’s version of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”