Here is my conversation with Rix this evening:
Rix: How long ago did people start living on the Earth? (I really don't know where this topic came from, but his mind is always working.)
Me: Well, I don't know the exact date (um, because I don't think anyone knows the exact date) but it was thousands of years ago.
Rix: Oh yeah. Thousands of years ago. Like when Bob Marley was living on the Earth.
Me: (Silence for a few seconds) Um, okay. Who, then, was the first man on Earth? (Hopefully he had been taught this somewhere - from me, or Primary, or common knowledge of most people.)
Rix: Ummm....I don't know. (I failed.)
Me: You know...his name is the first name of one of your uncle's (which isn't that great of a clue since Rix has a lot of uncles)...okay, I'll tell you. Adam! Did you know that?
Rix (looking perplexed): Adam? (No, he apparently did not know this information.)
Me: He was the first man on Earth and Eve was the first woman on Earth.
Rix: So Mary gave birth to all of them and us?
Me: (Okay, Rix is so confused). Mary? As in Jesus's mom? (Rix nods). Mary lived like thousands of years after Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve were the ones who started having kids, and their kids had kids, and so on.
Rix: (looking at me like I have antennaes coming out of my head). Mom. You're crazy. That's just crazy talk.
So, I guess we have some things to work on. Seriously, since he thinks he knows more about Bob Marley than Adam and Eve. We have gone off track somewhere, but the issue is now clear and there will be some very focues FHE's in our future!
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Bob Marley and Mary
Posted by Celeste Pearson at 7:13 PM
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Wow, Rix confused me, and I know that's hard to do :) I seriously wonder where he gets this stuff from! And where in the world does Bob Marley fit into all this?
I knew that Bob Marley music would come back to haunt us sometime--just never could have imagined it in this way!
You know, sometimes I look at you and I swear you have antennaes coming out of your head :) What a funny conversation. Next thing you know, he'll want to know why the sky is blue, how babies are made, and how exactly does Santa deliver all the presents to all the kids in just one night???
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