Rick the Basket

One thing Vince and I have learned and are learning on this journey of parenting is that there are many, many... MANY times when all we want to do is laugh - but we shouldn't. Asher is the king of distraction during discipline. We'll be talking with him about his disobedience, and he'll say or do something to get us off our game. I think he knows if he distracts us just enough, it makes it much harder for mom and dad to discipline. Ezra tends to over-exaggerate - especially when he's tired. It's hard not to laugh at his drama when he says something like, "Asher is going to keep that toy for fifty hundred years and I'll never, Never, NEVER have a turn!"

There are also times that there are just childish mistakes. For months, Ezra would say "of few goes a week..." it made me smile every time. "Hey Ezra, when did we go to the zoo?" "Umm, a few goes a week mommy." Both Ezra and Asher went through a season where blueberries were called "boobies." Often, we'd ask them to use the word blueberry in a sentence just to hear them say "I want boobie pancakes."

We are currently reading through the gospel of Mark during our morning devotional time. This morning we were talking about John the Baptist. Vince was asking questions like who prepared the way for Jesus to come. Asher answered, "John the Basket." I tried not to laugh... Then Vince asked what John the Basket wore for clothing. Ezra answered "hamel care." We both chuckled a bit at that one. Then Vince asked what John ate and the answer was "grapphossers." The thing that finally got us this morning though was when we were all done reading. Vince asked Asher, "who did we learn about this morning?" Asher thought for a minute. He even did his "ummm," as though he were thinking hard to get the answer correct. And then he said, "Rick?"

I suppose either Asher knew John the Baptist had the nick name Rick... or maybe we need to work with Asher on his listening skills.