The Story of Joseph (and Cinderella)

I know I just posted a similar story about Jonah...but they keep getting better. On the way to "Mommy and Me Ballet" this today, I told Lydia we were probably going to talk about the story of Joseph (there is a Bible story for each class). Here is what transpired in the car...

Lydia: Tell me about Joseph, Mommy.
Me: Well, Joseph's mommy and daddy had 12 boys.
Lydia: I'm gonna have 20 kids...not all boys though.
Me: Ok, well, Joseph's brothers did not like him. Joseph had a beautiful coat of many colors: blue and pink...
Lydia: Mommy, boys don't wear pink.
Me: Right, probably not pink then, but blue, and red, green and yellow. And his brothers didn't like that Joseph had a coat, they were jealous! They were unkind to him and stuck him in a big hole.
Lydia: I'm nice to Molly. I give her kisses and hugs and more kisses.
Me: Yes, that is very nice. But Joseph's brothers were not so nice. They even sold him to people who took him to Egypt and then he got in jail!
Lydia: And then!!! Cinderella came and I run, run, run and I said don't worry. There was a fairy godmother. I put on my cleaning dress and it was beautiful. And then, I had a ball dress and it was more beautiful. I went to the ball and danced with the prince...
Me: Is Joseph the prince?
Lydia: No. Daddy is. I put on chapstick and kiss him. That's sweet.
Me: Well, what happened to Joseph?
Lydia: Um, he cried. And I gave him a kiss too....with chapstick.
Me: Oh, Lydia, I should blog about this.
Lydia: Ok Mommy. Cinderella will type for you.

Beach Babies!

My delay in posting does not negate the fun we had with Nana and Pop Pop at the beach. Molly's first trip to the sandy shores was delightful. She took a dip (in her birthday suit!) in the ocean and then hung out, wrapped warmly in a towel, with Nana. Lydia collected shells, stomped on them, chased birds, floated in her "boat" talking constantly of Jonah and wondering if the "big fish" was gonna come and say hello. 

 We also got to visit the aquarium. Lydia loved the touch-tank, but really her favorite attraction was a mermaid statue...she kept hugging and kissing her.

Big Fish

The story of Jonah
(according to Lydia)

Jonah disobeyed God. He was supposed to go to Nineveh, but he went to Target. And then, he got in the boat. There was a big storm. Jonah was asleep and they [the sailors] woke him up and he was all wet. They got him an umbrella. They splashed in the puddles.
Then they threw him the ocean. He had a floatie on. He was scared. And then the princess came [that's Lydia] and said "It's ok, Jonah, don't be scared". Then the big fish came. He was a whale. Mine was pink. He ate him up. GULP.
Jonah was in the big fish. The caterpillar was in there with him. [Me: "The caterpillar?" Lydia: "That's Molly. Molly is the little caterpillar."] It was stinky. But there was a floatie in the fish. He prayed and said "I'm sorry God. I'm sorry for disobeying". When I disobey I get a spanking...sometimes on my hand...or on my bottom.
The fish went "Paa-tooey" and Jonah was on dry land. I gave him a big hug. He was in my arms and he was slimy. Then he went to Nineveh and gave out candy to everyone. Lots of candy. That's nice.

[I call this the amplified version]