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Jacob has two aquatic frogs. Originally, we thought they were both boys. As it turns out, one is female. We figured it out when we heard croaking from their tank and for this particular species of frog, only the male will croak during the courtship ritual. One weekend, the croaking was obnoxious and before the weekend was over, Jacob's frog tank was full of frog eggs! What an education our six year old is getting! But Jacob is not immune to Cupid's arrows. His school just had a social dance for Valentines. One little girl in his class is apparently smitten with him and she told her mom she could not miss the dance because she had a date with Jacob! They had to dance! I went for half of the time to see if they would dance, but he informed me she had to leave before they could talk or dance. I asked him if he was being shy and if that was the reason they did not talk or dance. He just looked at me not wanting to answer. I asked again and he just hit me and ran off to play. I think he likes her. |
Jacob memorized Psalm 23 for AWANAS and he was learning it in the King James Version, which is full of words ending with the "th" sound. Of course the King James version is typically the one most people are familiar with for this particular Psalm, but I didn't want Jacob to merely memorize it. I wanted him to understand its meaning as well. So, as I helped him learn it I would recite part of the Psalm such as, "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside still waters..." Jacob would interrupt, "Dad, he makETH me lie down in green pastures. He leadETH me beside still waters." Jacob said he could remember it better with all the th's on everything. Fine. I asked him if he had thought about what it meant that God was his shepherd. He said he had not. So, I asked, "If God is our shepherd, what does that make us?" He said, "Sheep!" That's right! I told him that sheep are not the smartest animals and they need a lot of guidance. Jacob jokingly responded, "Yeah, you can be such a BAAAAAAAD boy!" I don't know where this sense of humor comes from! |
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