A Whole Lotta J

I've been having bad dreams that I will forget these stories before writing them down.  Josh is in quite a window for "remarks" lately. . . 

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A few months ago, the kids built a Lego village.  They called me over for their presentation, which included Gemma using a flashlight to guide the tour and Josh doing several things as his part of the act.  Wonderful!  Yay!  Applause, applause, applause.

"Let's leave it right here to show Daddy when he gets home."

After dinner, Gemma remembered to show him, but Josh got to the flashlight first. 

Gemma looked crest-fallen.  It was just one of those things.  She wanted to do the presentation for Daddy, too.  "It's my turn for the flashlight," Josh announced.

I told him, "I know that is the fair thing, to take turns.  But sometimes, God wants us to show love by not thinking about the fair-thing, but instead doing the share-thing."

Josh cocked his head and without a moment's consideration said, "God also says that the first shall be last.  Gemma was first, and now she shall be last!"

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We did bargain him down to letting Gemma go twice and next time, (next time?) he'll get 2 turns of whatever. . .

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The other night, not sure what prompted it, Joshua said, "Will we ever have a lot of land?"

Bryan said, "I don't know.  But we're very thankful for this home that God has given us."

Josh nodded, pointed to our neighbors to the rear, and then said, "But when that house there burns down, we can take that land." 

What?!   Sheesh. . .

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I have started school with him.  Not in great earnest.  Kindergarten, technically, starts next year because his birthday is late July and the cut-off here is so early. . .  Why not let him be the oldest in his class instead of the absolute youngest?

I was curious to see the differences between him and Gemma.  Different people, of course.  But also the girl/boy thing. 

Not sure what to attribute this to:  We were doing a math sticker page and I told him, "Add more star stickers to the scene to make 7 all-together"

And he SMILED and narrowed his eyebrows and instructed, "OK!  Close your eyes!"

Why?

"Because I'm going to hide the stars in the picture so you have to find them!" 

We're off to a brave new start.