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The following are things that keep our sense of humor alive in our house. Jonathan (almost 4) and Asa (2 1/2) are regular comedians! Enjoy!!
One of Asa’s favorite dinnertime activities, aside from eating, is re-naming his food to be more exotic than what he finds in his bowl. Tonight he held up a piece of pork from his fried rice and said, Dolphin, this is a dolphin." Out of curiosity, I asked Jon, "What is dolphin meat called anyway, scrod?" Of course Jonathan had the answer…"It’s called hot-dog, mommy!"
Today I rode the bus with Jonathan. A very cute and trendy boy, maybe 6, got off with his dad. Jonathan asked, "Who’s that?" I replied, "I don’t know but he sure is cool, isn’t he?" Without hesitation, he came back with, "Yeah, but I’m cooler!" I guess he’s got cool down and now we know to just work on humility.
During communion today, Jonathan said, "I like the blood of Jesus." We knew he just saying this because he wanted to try the juice… which was actually port wine here in Portugal. Nice try.
Jon and the kids were sitting at the table finishing up dinner. I went out to get the rest of the drying laundry. Asa said, "Mommy leave. No mommy leave." Jon was joking with him, saying, "Mommy’s leaving us. She’s going home.” Out of curiosity, he asked, “Hey Jonathan, when I say ‘Mommy’s going home’, what do you think I mean? Where is she going?" Jonathan said, "It means she’s going to the mall." (Disclaimer: I almost NEVER go to the mall!!!)
We were at the doctor today, and Jonathan was thirsty. I was holding Jackson with one hand and needed Jonathan’s assistance to get water from the water jug. I held the cup and he pushed down on the button for me. He started to go for the hot button and when I told him not to, he asked, "Why not? Does it have chocolate milk?"
Jonathan was pushing in his stool in after dinner and knocked it over. He said, "Sorry, Mommy!" I said, "I forgive you. I love you and I’ll always love you. I wouldn’t trade you for anything." He responded, "Oh, that’s nice, but how about Asa?"
Little Asa has a fever and stuffy nose. When we went to use the nasal aspirator on him, he quickly volunteered his teddy bear, then his dolly, then his brother, then his blankie. When he realized he ran out of "volunteers", he insisted his dolly’s eyes, ears, belly button, etc… go first. He never did willingly give us his nose, but he sure is smart!
First you will need the following vocabulary: “Two” is “dois”. “Dog” in Portuguese is “cão”, pronounced like “cow”. “Goodbye” is “tchau”, pronounced like “chow”.
Our neighbors brought home a puppy. Jonathan asked what his name was. They said he didn’t have a name and asked what Jonathan thought would be a good name. “How about Jonathan dois?” he asked. As they went back inside their house, Asa called out, “Tchau cão!”
Daddy: Jonathan, you need to obey.
Jonathan: Do you always obey?
Daddy: Not always. .
Jonathan: How come?
Daddy: Because sometimes I don’t listen to God. I don’t always walk in the Spirit?
Jonathan: You mean the horsey spirit?
