Tonight at dinner, Josie says, “The angel said, ‘Don’t be -fraid me. I bring good news.’ Then the whole sky – full of angels – praising GOD.”

 

I was intrigued by the fact she had pretty much memorized that little bit verbatim, even though she’s only two. It made me remember everything I’ve heard about little kids being sponges and soaking up way more than we realize or think to teach them. So as an experiment, we read the story again, once in her little story book “Bible” and once in my Bible. The next time she told the story, she said basically the same thing, but she added after the part about the good news, “for ALL the people in the whole wol-ud.” (I love the way she says “world.” It used to be “woild,” and now she is conscious of that error and over-corrects by saying “wol-ud.”)

 

Anyway, I’m not saying my kid is a genius or anything, but it’s pretty remarkable what she remembers! We also watched the cartoon version of the Grinch this evening, and afterward she was processing that film like crazy – “That grumpy grinch was selfish – and he was not kind – and he wanted to make the people sad. But then he WAS kind! And he took the sled back and choosed to share with that little girl and she was happy!”

When I agree with her summary, she shakes her head emphatically and says, “The grinch did a really good job of changing his attitude!” :)

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