What a Funny Kid

Oldest Son was a most interesting little boy. Extremely verbal early on, he still is.

Sunday, he edited a newsletter he found lying around my house. Oh, he's funny that way. And extremely articulate.

When he was three, he belonged to an esteemed group of children known as AWANA Cubbies. Cubbies was the JOY of his young life. The kids wore tiny vests on which 'patches' were ironed to honor their achievements.

One of those achievements was to memorize and sing the Cubbie theme song. This became a HUGE deal at our house. I had other things going on, a new baby and a one and a half year old took up a lot of my 'free' time. Yet, everyday we looked over the Cubbie book. The Cubbie theme song posed a problem for Oldest Son.

He refused to sing it.

Always an easy child to communicate with, I questioned him as to why. He fully understood that he would NOT get his 'patch' unless he did. Why wouldn't he?

Well, apparently, the Cubbie theme song is A LIE. Yes, he told me that. "I won't sing it, because it is A LIE". Oldest Son does NOT lie! The theme song goes: "We are AWANA Cubbies, we're happy all day long!"

He, I was informed, was NOT 'happy all day long' (this is true), so he would not sing it. Refused. Not gonna do it.

But, he was my Oldest Son, and I had to keep up with all of the other mom's whose little boys and girls GLEEFULLY lied in song. It took a lllooonnnggg time and a lot of reasoning to get him to finally do it. He sang it, but then informed his teacher that it was a lie.

And I ironed on the patch. But with a feeling that some sort of innocence was lost.