The Gospel According to John

Today in the car I heard the Gospel according to John...the two-year-old. I'm so impressed, and often amused, at what he remembers from church. Last night our friends told us they handed out jingle bells in the big group time and John just stood there with his hands over his ears. It's funny how different he is with us than he is in a crowd. Anyway, today on the way home from church I asked him what he did. First he said that he played snack and that was all. I asked him if he sang and danced. He said "Yes". What song? Head shoulders knees and toes. I'm not sure if they've ever done that song, but that's his answer every week. Then I asked him if he heard a story. Our conversation went kind of like this...

"Who was the story about?"
"Jesus"
"What did Jesus do in the story"

"He wrap in towel"

"Where there angels in the story?
"Yes"

"What did they do"

"Angels say about Jesus"
"Were there shepherds?"

"Yes"

"What did they do?"
"Sheep"

"Who was Jesus' mama?"

"Mary and Joseph"

"Where did Jesus sleep?"

"A bed"

Aside from Jesus sleeping in a bed, I was really impressed with his facts. I'm also impressed that he can kind of sing along with Silent Night. I sing that to him before he goes to bed, but didn't know until today that he's learned a lot of the words. He has started singing a lot more and also talking while he plays. It's fun to listen and try to figure out what he's saying or singing. He even does a pretty good job with Frosty's "corn cob pipe and a button nose". He hasn't been big on singing until recently. He loves to hear other people sing, but hasn't wanted to sing along or by himself.

I think I forgot to write about his first joke. He likes to say boo. This goes back and forth a lot and gets boring, so I spiced it up a bit saying boo you, to which he responded "No, not boo you, just boo". I thought that was funny, so I tried boogety boo. It was funny to hear him try that one back. Then we started with Boo John, boo baby Eve, boo Mama. He went on to boo Daddy (I think by mistake the first time) and I said, what? Daddy's not here, where's Daddy? At work! For some reason he thought it was hilarious. He still says boo Daddy, boo Grandma, boo Papa, you name it, and we have to say they're not here, where are they? He answers and laughs and laughs. His own first joke. It really was funny the first time.

Eve is moving around more and more, and sitting up quite well. That second tooth still hasn't come, but I really think it's close.