Josiah is at a stage right now where he is saying stuff that makes us laugh so hard. He was hitting on all eight-cylinders during our ski trip. I had actually forgotten some of this, so thanks to the inlaws, Joel and Nina, for jogging my memory!
We wanted Josiah to take skiing lessons because he's only been one time. But Josiah was a little nervous about the lesson. I was trying to draw on all of my psychological skills as a parent. I was trying to motivate him but do it in a way that it seemed like his decision. But he finally said "no." I said to him, "You might change your mind." To which Josiah replied, "No, I never change my mind on Fridays." Maybe you had to be there, but it was hilarious! By the way, Josiah did take lessons. When all the psychology fails, you just make them!
At one other point, Josiah was having a tough time with the big boys. His brother and cousins are all older. So I told him he had to defend himself. Josiah said, "Dad, you are the only strong one in our family!" I told him he was probably stronger than I was when I was six. To which Josiah replied, "But dad, I have never even been to the gym!"
By the way, a little known fact about yours truly. In our family, my left arm is known as rock. My right arm is known as Gibraltar. And, yes, I am still the undisputed heavy-weight champion of the family!
I have a feeling that one of these sayings might become a Batterson family catchphrase. And every family ought to have them. One of my funny and fond memories as a kid was pulling out of church one Sunday and my mom said to my dad, "Don, the gas tank is on empty." My dad said, "We can make it another 63 miles." We didn't make it a hundred yards! I'm always quoting my dad: we can make it another 63 miles.
We wanted Josiah to take skiing lessons because he's only been one time. But Josiah was a little nervous about the lesson. I was trying to draw on all of my psychological skills as a parent. I was trying to motivate him but do it in a way that it seemed like his decision. But he finally said "no." I said to him, "You might change your mind." To which Josiah replied, "No, I never change my mind on Fridays." Maybe you had to be there, but it was hilarious! By the way, Josiah did take lessons. When all the psychology fails, you just make them!
At one other point, Josiah was having a tough time with the big boys. His brother and cousins are all older. So I told him he had to defend himself. Josiah said, "Dad, you are the only strong one in our family!" I told him he was probably stronger than I was when I was six. To which Josiah replied, "But dad, I have never even been to the gym!"
By the way, a little known fact about yours truly. In our family, my left arm is known as rock. My right arm is known as Gibraltar. And, yes, I am still the undisputed heavy-weight champion of the family!
I have a feeling that one of these sayings might become a Batterson family catchphrase. And every family ought to have them. One of my funny and fond memories as a kid was pulling out of church one Sunday and my mom said to my dad, "Don, the gas tank is on empty." My dad said, "We can make it another 63 miles." We didn't make it a hundred yards! I'm always quoting my dad: we can make it another 63 miles.
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I love how it's those split second moments that anchor our memories when we look back at how God blesses our lives. I laughed about the "we can make it another 63 miles." I agree all families should have those moments. When my sister was about 3 or 4 my dad was video taping my sister and I so that it would show up on TV. My sister was sitting in front of the couch, calmly looking at a book. Dad turns the camera on to her and asks, "and what is your name?" To which she replied, "My name is Jacqueline, but you can call me Sleeping Beauty."
That is awesome. You have names for your arms. Beyond cool.
We used to do the dumbest little things and my dad would say "C'mon you need to think" as if somehow we could think ourselves into not doing dumb things. Then one day as a teenager we went swimming in the ocean and my dad decided to do so with the car keys in his pocket. They will be found as a relic someday through the miracles of diving and sonar technology and needless to say he got a dose of his own medicine, "C'mon, dad, you need to think". He took grief constantly for months after that, and it continues on to this day.
Andrew,
Had a mental image of the Geico commercial where the cave man is combing the beach with a metal detector and finds the Geico key chain.
Your dad perhaps?
Funny stuff,
Mark
We took our girls (now 20 & 18) on a trip to Busch Gardens when they were little.
One of them had been really good, the other one - not so much.
We told the behaving daughter how proud we were of her but didn't really say anything to the misbehaving daughter. After a few seconds of silence after our commendation of our "good" daughter the other one pipes up from the back seat "Hey, what does that mean?"
It's a family saying for all occasions now.
You have names for your arms? Dude, that is too cool. I like it!
As a dad of 4, I enjoyed this post, and could 100% relate to what you're going through. Funny stuff!
Thats hilarious. We have 4 and 6 year old boys, I can relate.
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