So this morning I gave Tommy an Independence Day gift of a George Washington gold dollar on a special matte with information about our first President. In my efforts to be a productive father, I figured I would take advantage of the opportunity to begin teaching Tommy about our country and the President's who have served it. It went well and he had good recall about what I taught him. A short time later, in my fatherly pride, I called the grandparents to show off my son's new found knowledge of naming the first President of our country. After asking Tommy the question and handing over the phone, he proudly declared that our first President was "Jesus!" Somewhat surprised, I asked him again, to which he gave me the same response. When I tried to correct him by saying "George Washington was our first President," he quite firmly and with great confidence assured me, "No daddy, it was Jesus." And thus throughout the day, Tommy has been telling us that Jesus was our first President. Apparently we are one nation much more under God than we initially believed.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Jesus or George Washington?
So this morning I gave Tommy an Independence Day gift of a George Washington gold dollar on a special matte with information about our first President. In my efforts to be a productive father, I figured I would take advantage of the opportunity to begin teaching Tommy about our country and the President's who have served it. It went well and he had good recall about what I taught him. A short time later, in my fatherly pride, I called the grandparents to show off my son's new found knowledge of naming the first President of our country. After asking Tommy the question and handing over the phone, he proudly declared that our first President was "Jesus!" Somewhat surprised, I asked him again, to which he gave me the same response. When I tried to correct him by saying "George Washington was our first President," he quite firmly and with great confidence assured me, "No daddy, it was Jesus." And thus throughout the day, Tommy has been telling us that Jesus was our first President. Apparently we are one nation much more under God than we initially believed.
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4 comments:
So cute! I love the way kids think. It's all so simple and innocent with them, and they learn early that JESUS is the right answer - no matter what the question. We should all be more like that.
HA HA HA!!!! That is so cute. Good job Jeff!
Ahhh....I love Tommy...I like his thinking!! How cute!
AWESOME! What a little sweetheart! I miss your boys, Jeff. And for what it's worth, I hope you lost NONE of your fatherly pride! You should be so pleased with your smart boy! ;-)
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