the explanation of circumcision.
We are loving our advent e-book Truth in the Tinsel–it’s a great way to engage kids in the Christmas story and take it a step further. There are daily crafts…which we have not done any of. But, our discussions have been good. A few days ago, we focused on Bethlehem and that the word itself means “House of Bread;” we talked about how Jesus is the Bread of Life and what that means. Really significant spiritual conversations with a 9 year old, 7 year old, and 5 year old. And, Lydia, well, guess she’s soaking it all in.
Good stuff.
Today, the focus was on the Temple. Nothing scandalous there, right? We started out by ripping off a link from our paper chain and reading the word on it–Temple. Then, I reminded the kids, “Okay, when I’m reading the Scripture, when you hear the word temple, go ahead and yell ‘TEMPLE.'”
And, I started reading. Luke 2:21-40. Which starts off with Mary and Joseph taking Jesus to the temple to be dedicated….[clear throat]….circumcised.
Being the mom who uses all the anatomically correct words, before being asked, I just put out there, “Do you guys know what that means?”
No.
Of course not. Did I need to ask that?
Was that a smirk I detected on my husband as he stood by and watched this all unfold?
Just picture this…me explaining how baby boys have a piece of skin cut off the top of their penis. Ashlyn gagging and hiding her face and yelling, “OH! I’m SO glad I’m not a boy! OH!” Drew, laying down, unable to even look at me, mortified when he realized, yes, we did this to him. Lydia, looking around and yelling in mimicry of Ashlyn with no clue as to why she’s yelling. And, Evan, calm, cool, collected.
“Ooooohhhhh, so it’s just like shrimp. You gotta pull their tales off before you eat ’em.”
How do you redeem that devotion?
Oh Kelly, my husband and I were in stitches, wiping tears reading this! What an unexpected blog read to start the day! ;-)
That’s awesome. :)
in judaism, we do that too. my son was mortified when i explained it to him and he wanted to know what i did with his foreskin.
thanks for playing thoughtful thursday!!
Aaand…let’s all have some hot cider now. Good Bible study, kids. Let’s go do something else.
Too funny!
*Visiting from the blog hop.
that is funny! You are blessing you kids more than you can realize by teaching them faith! Merry christmas!
That is funny! You are blessing your children more than you realize by teaching them faith! God bless you!
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Hysterical!!! Stopping over from Thoughtful Thursday Blog Hop. And now a new follower. Thank you for the laugh today!
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OH, well MY kids know EXACTLY what circumcision is! EXACTLY….since someone in our house had that done just this year. Which led to ALL KINDS of fun conversations and awkward moments:
1) yes, the obvious, “What is circumcision?”
2) Chloe to Cooper’s Sunday school teacher: “Be careful with Cooper today. He just got his penis fixed.”
3) Cooper LOUDLY in a public restroom just the other day: “Mom, my penis is AWESOME! Just like dads!” *muffled laughter from the next stall…..seriously!* (And of course he means it LOOKS just like dad’s, but you can imagine Scot’s hysterical laughter at the comment/compliment!)
ALL kinds of fun!!! But, I love the shrimp analogy- that is HYSTERICAL! :)
I’m reading this late and laughing just the same. We also went through the Truth In The Tinsel book but my 4 year old didn’t catch the circumcision comment when we read it and focused more on the cutting out of the temple (we did the crafts b/c she’s 4 and that’s what she loves more than anything). At least I have a script for next year since I’ll probably have the 3 year old boy joining in on the conversation. For now when he points to his diaper he likes to argue with me that it’s not his penis, that it’s his pee-pee. I’m with you about the anatomically correct words for body parts.
Really enjoyed all the comments here too. Oh the things kids say!
Hi Kelly! We did Truth In The Tinsel this year too and loved it. Now at least I have a script for next year when I’m certain that my 5 and 3 year olds will inquire about this mysterious circumcision. For now the 4 year old focused on proper execution of the crafts and how pretty they looked. Good read and very hilarious!