Touchy Subject

At the risk of offending my die-hard Christian friends and family, I am going to address a little problem we're having with the boys. We are not church-goers, nor do we talk to our kids about God. We respect Christianity, but we do not practice it. We feel that when they get older and know more about the world, they can choose for themselves if they want to practice religion, whatever type of religion it is. The key is to be objective, knowledgeable, respectful, and not ignorant.

Anyhow, on our ride home this evening, the boys were discussing the moon. How did it get there? Tyler quickly said that God put it there, and made the sky, the earth, and was still working on outer space. How do I respond to that without discouraging him? We want him to know about science, but we also want him to respect other peoples' beliefs. I am also perterbed that someone keeps yapping to him about God and Jesus. He knows so much about Christianity that I find it hard to believe it's one of his friends--it has to be an adult telling him this stuff. And the only adults he's around, besides us, are the daycare staff and his teachers. I find it hard to believe a teacher has time in a public school to talk about God--so that means someone at daycare is flapping their mouths about it.

I know someone reading this is going to take this the wrong way. I have absolutely no problem with people choosing to worship God. I have a problem with people being pushy about their religion--and then being offended if I tell them to shut up (in a more politically correct manner). I especially have a problem with someone pushing it to my kids without discussing it with me first. I might agree to the discussions as long as they iterate to my kids that it's one viewpoint--and there are other viewpoints out there that are ok to learn and discuss.

No, I Didn't Get It On Video

Just where do you think my husband got the bright idea to do something like this? From watching America's Funniest Videos...



Yeah, that's wax in his orifices. No, I didn't get it on video.

Creepshow

Today we took a day trip to beautiful Lake Anna. Of course, the pictures I have show the not-so-beautiful side...

Note the green goo mixed with people's trash floating in front of our boys. Have any of you seen Creepshow? (there is some bad language here)

Peek-A-Boo

Yes, that is Brandon's toe peeking through the hole in his shoe. No, he didn't tell me about it. Yes, he chose to wear these in public for a few days. No, I didn't notice it until the shreds of leather and stiching started dragging around.

The Lunch Lady Always Knows...

Last night we went to the Open House for the older boys' elementary school. Brandon and Tyler are still at the age where they're excited to go back to school, rather than dreading it. After making our way into the cafeteria to find out which teachers and classrooms the boys have, it was time to visit the Lunch Lady to make sure we had money in the accounts to cover lunch for a few weeks. The school serves both breakfast and lunch, but our boys only need lunch because daycare feeds them breakfast every morning before taking them to school--and they know they are not to eat breakfast at school because it costs extra! As we were finishing up with Tyler's account, he told the Lunch Lady that he couldn't remember his student number. She immediately said "Don't worry--you'll remember it easily because I remember you always eat breakfast and lunch every day." As Bryan started laying into little Mr. Tyler about this, I saw Brandon hiding around the corner. He knew he was next and didn't want the Lunch Lady spilling his secret. Fortunately for him, she didn't say a word about it...this time.

We met the teachers--they seemed nice and normal. I have to say normal because one of the kindergarten teachers last year seemed a little off...kind of like Miss Lippy from Billy Madison (she appears about halfway through this video) :



Tyler was a little bit nervous about being in a strange new classroom, but found out that his best friend is in his class this year (they were in separate classrooms during Kindergarten). As we made our way down the halls to leave, we ran into more and more of the kids' friends. And with each one, we asked which teacher they had--if the boys were in the same room, they'd rejoice and hug. If they weren't in the same class, they would just shrug and move on! We had to remind them that just because they weren't in the same class, that they could still talk and be friends!

I can't believe it's already time for school--the days seem to go by faster and faster these days. One day I'll turn around and they'll be off to college!