3 stories

Last night as we were putting Asher to bed, he told us a story about a man whose curtains would not stay up in his window.  Somehow, this morphed into his whole house falling down, "and do you know why? Because the Israelites needed to go in." He's been into the Jericho story lately (specifically the VeggieTales version), so this wasn't all that surprising. So then he talked about how God made the house fall down, so the Israelites could go in... and then, the best part.  "And do you know what? God is a really big guy, so he makes REALLY BIG MESSES."  I guess Jericho was a big mess, especially after they finished burning all the spoils of the city (not that Asher knows that part), but I'd never thought of it that way before...

Tonight at bedtime, Kurtis told him a story about some giraffes in a circus. And then when it was time for a lullaby, Asher told us, "I have a lullaby to sing tonight. It's from the Bible. It's called, "I will stay in the circus for a few days." And he reiterated that it's a lullaby from the Bible. (I think it might be in the Apocrypha, though.)

And finally, an example of how very socially aware Asher is becoming:  At dinner, Asher announced he was done with dessert, and got down. A few minutes later, he came in and asked for a bite of Kurtis's cookie. Kurtis said "I thought you were done with dessert, Asher." Asher pondered this for a minute, and then said, "Um... well... I... um... but... um... I love you very very much!"  His voice was the essence of innocence and sweetness.  Incredible.  Don't know where he learned it. :)  (He got the bite of cookie.)

Anyway, my whole family is here (yay!), so I'll go rejoin them.