The Road Less Traveled

• Dec. 22, 2007 - When I'm not looking

It would seem that our 6 yo is paying attention to us, despite my occasional doubts as to whether or not our words are sinking in.

Our family was watching the Charlie Brown Christmas special. He became rather animated when he came to the realization that most of the characters were stuck on the commercial aspect of the holiday. He exclaimed, "That's not what Christmas is about!" When asked what it is about, he jumped up from his seat, pointed to the Nativity scene on our mantel and said, "That!"

Today, he blurted out, "When you believe in Jesus, you go to Heaven. And you have to try to be good and ask Him to forgive you. God loves the bad guys, just not the bad things they do. When they're in Hell, He still loves them!"

The other day he corrected someone's speech. An individual used the word "ain't" when speaking to him. He got rather annoyed and said, "Ain't is not a word! You say, 'is not'!" The same individual used the phrase, "don't got no (something or other- I don't remember what)". My son corrected the use of this phrase by saying, "No! You say, 'have no (whatever it was)'!".

He's been teaching his little brother some ten dollar words, too. The other day, as we were sitting down for lunch, he was making silly noises. My (very nearly) 3 yo reacted by shaking his head and saying, "No! That's inappropriate!"

It is so reassuring to hear such things! There have been other instances such as these recently, but I am having difficulty remembering them. Oh, well. I will likely remember them all some time after making this post!