I am catching this conversation mid-stream. Hannah just woke up from a nap to find Jacob making invitations to their birthday party. He is planning on inviting 35 people! Earlier in the afternoon he showed me the seating plan - quite detailed. Hannah announced that he must be inviting kids to his seventh birthday party as mom had already said that only a few kids could come to their sixth birthday. The conversation went as follows:
H: Rules are rules, Jacob. You can't invite that many people.
J: Yes, I can.
H: No, mom said that we can only have a few kids because there is not enough time to get the party ready because we have to clean up the basement so that it is perfect. Those are the rules.
J: I don't need to listen to those rules.
H: No, God made the rules and then He gave them to the adults and not the kids.
J: But God said that we are turning six and I can have a birthday party.
H: No, God said that we could come out on April 17th and that's who decided about our birthday.
J: No, Hannah. The doctor decided that he wanted us out on April 17th because he didn't want twins getting out on April 30th.
H: Well, God made our birthday become true and He made the rules and rules are rules and we can't have a sixth birthday party.
J: Fine, I'm ripping up these invitations.
H: Good.
J: But it was still the doctor who decided when we were going to be born and who told mom not to run so that we wouldn't die.
H: Yeah, that's right. Mom needed the energy for us and had to look after us. She also shouldn't walk too much so that she can relax her baby.
J: Yeah, relax more and run less.
Somehow the whole conversation became an admonition to me not to run while pregnant. I can't guarantee that this is verbatim but I tried my best. I found it hilarious. And, no, I am not pregnant. I read this aloud to the twinlets and they found it gut-wrenchingly funny, no joke. They are now reading this aloud in play format; if I were homeschooling, this would count as a drama mark.
6 comments:
i am so sorry that hannah is sick! bummer. that's a hilarious story though.
That made me laugh out loud. Your kids are gems!
(PS My word verification is "peacon" - sounds like a cross between a peacock and a deacon, which conjures up an interesting mental image...)
Jac, I find word verifications so interesting. I wonder who comes up with them? Mine today is dinkers.
I love the twins' conversation! That is so funny. The Blogs were a topic of conversation at lunch today! I am sorry I had not checked sooner so we could have talked about this one but it will no doubt be discussed soon! I was saying how cool it would be if your whole family and Rebecca's whole family was here at the same time; purely selfish because I feel like I know you both now :)
Sr. teresa, I must admit that you have become like a fourth sister to us. I also would love if we could have all of our families together - and, yes, the Franciscans are definitely family. Funny to think that i have not seen rebecca in four years (this summer) and have never met any of the members of her family - very sad but praise God for the internet and the phone.
Can't wait to hear the conversations when they're teens!!!
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