Volcano

I just like my kids.

On Sunday, I especially liked Simon.  I had forgotten this until this morning.  (I always know I like him. . . but sometimes it just washes over ya. . . know what I mean?)

See, on the way home from church the kids were retelling the stories they had heard in Children's Worship (Noel) and Carpenter's Workshop (Sunday School for Simon and Garrison).  In the midst of recounting Joseph's life, Garrison said that they had drawn a picture of their families.  He then continued with a giggle that Simon had drawn a huge volcano and that our family was running away from it so that we wouldn't get burned by hot lava.  I burst out into laughter.  What an appropriate way to be funny!  Simon can struggle with being funny at inappropriate times, so this was genuinely funny.  "Seriously?"  I asked him.  He had a huge grin on his face.  I love it that he put us in some great action.  We laughed and moved on with our day.

Then this morning, after I had long forgotten about the drawing, I ended up in the boys room in our church basement.  We began our Bible Study this morning and Penny decided to be constipated.  (At least that is the only thing that I can figure out!)  I missed our entire video because I was with her.  I saw pictures hanging up in the room and laughed again at my sweet boy.  I'm so glad that he didn't have the volcano destroying his mama!  We were indeed all running away so that we wouldn't get "burned up with hot lava".

Yesterday I behaved poorly and disciplined him in a shameful way at the bus stop.  I'm all for disciplining, but I didn't realize that others were watching (I thought I was being discreet: um no!)  As I walked back to our house with Penny I was stewing about his behavior and was then convicted that perhaps. . . I was the one who was in error.  I prayed as I got home that I would be forgiven and then I apologized later to Simon.  I was the volcano that erupted.  Yuck!

So. . . I like him.  I like the laughter he brings and I like what God is teaching me through him.