isaiah's christmas tale

When we were at the MMP Christmas party last week, there was a time in the program when the emcee called up all the children under the age of 7 for a story. About 10 kids went forward, Isaiah was probably the youngest at 2 ½ years. The woman telling the story would pause every few sentences to allow the children to fill in the blanks. Most were doing well but if they needed a bit of help another child would whisper the answer to them. It was very cute. Eventually she got to the part where baby Jesus was to be born. She looked at Isaiah and said, “And Mary had a …[dramatic pause]”. Full of confidence, directly into the microphone and said, “…a goat”. Wow! What a moment of parental pride. Everyone was very gracious and thought he was cute and funny and isn’t that all a parent really wants anyway? J