This morning as I was mixing up the bread dough, Hannah was playing in water at the sink, which she loves to do more than anything else in the world.  I kept cautioning her to keep the water in the sink,  and occasionally a little would accidentally spill out here and there and I’d try to wipe it up in a hurry before it ran too far.  Then, as I was just about done the bread dough, she dipped up a measuring cup of water and purposely poured it out on the counter right where my big bowl of dough was, the timer, and the recipe card.  I said, “Hannah!  You rascal!”  (I know, that was not very good take-a-deep-breath-and-count-to-ten self-controlled response.)  I whisked up the timer and the recipe card and grabbed stuff to mop up the water.

Then Hannah said, “Did you (meaning “I”, I think she had her persons mixed up) do a rascal?”

I said, “Yes, Hannah, you did a rascal.”

That’s not the first time she’s queried about “doing a rascal”.  I believe she’s figuring out what it takes to be a rascal.

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Hannah saw a picture of the header of Life On Sylvan Drive and asked what the little boy’s name was.

I said, “Tobin”.

Hannah, “He is my husband.”  “When he was a baby, I would hold him.”

Oh boy!  I think she has a lot to learn about the role of a husband! (And, Pastor Dale, I am not “matching her up” with little boys like you mentioned some people do when their children are very young.)

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Last evening (Monday), Paul and Hannah were having a good time in the living room while I was dragging around the kitchen cleaning up after supper.  I finally peeked in to see what they were doing.  Both of them were on the couch with their picture Bibles “reading” the stories.

A little later I heard Paul reading about Moses.

“Moses!  Moses!  Do not come any closer or you will get burned!”

I wanted to clarify that last sentence with Paul (it was very close to how I’ve quoted him, if it’s not exact), so I asked him why Moses couldn’t come any closer.

“Because that’s what God told him.”  Well, even though I don’t think that’s what Paul said originally, that’s a very good reason for Moses to obey.

Photos:

Top: Hannah, Gail, Paul, Bobby, & Daniel at the reunion on Sat.

Middle and bottom:  Tess reads a book to Hannah and Paul after church on Sunday.

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