Proverbs 31 Devotions

Proverbs 31: Encouragement for Today

Friday, July 25, 2008

ELIZABETH SAYS THE FUNNIEST THINGS

THIS MORNING ELIZABETH GOT UP EARLY AND SHE WAS WATCHING READING RAINBOW. THEY WERE SHOWING A MANATEE AND HOW IT EATS. SHE WAS REALLY INTRIGUED BY IT ALL. SO WHEN SARAH GOT UP SHE HAD TO TELL HER ALL ABOUT THE "FLIPOPOTOMUS" THAT SHE SAW ON READING RAINBOW. SARAH AND I WERE TRYING SO HARD NOT TO LAUGH, BUT IT WAS SOOOOO FUNNY! I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE CAME UP WITH THE NAME "FLIPOPOTOMUS" BUT IT WAS REALLY FUNNY!

SO THEN AT SUPPER TIME JAKE WAS OVER AND SHE STARTED TELLING HIM ABOUT THE "FLIPOPOTOMUS". HE TOO GOT A GOOD CHUCKLE OVER IT. BUT THINGS TURNED NOT SO FUNNY WHEN ELIZABETH CAME RUNNING INTO THE KITCHEN AND SAID "JAKE, GUESS WHAT?" AND HE ANSWERED BACK..."YOUR A FLIPOPOTOMUS!" SHE WENT RUNNING BACK OUT OF THE KITCHEN CRYING HYSTERICALLY SAYING THAT JAKE "CALLED HER A DIFFERENT NAME AND HURT HER FEELINGS!" IT TOOK ME QUITE A WHILE TO CONVINCE HER THAT JAKE DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT HER FEELINGS AND THAT HE WAS JUST PLAYING. I TOLD HER TO JUST GO BACK IN THERE AND CALL HIM A "FLIPOPOTOMUS"! THAT GOT HER GOING AGAIN!

SHE STARTED CALLING EVERYONE A "FLIPOPOTOMUS" AND I REMINDED HER THAT SHE DIDN'T LIKE IT WHEN JAKE CALLED HER THAT. SHE RESPONDED WITH "IT WAS KIND OF FUNNY THOUGH". I GUESS SHE IS A FEMALE, HUH????

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