A Case of Mistaken Identity

When I arrived at the school on Friday afternoon, Alisdair had a worried look on his face. As he climbed into the passenger seat he told me, in a concerned voice, "Mum the Jehovah's Witnesses were at my school today. They were handing out Bibles."

I couldn't believe it - even for a minute. After all, I didn't think the administration would approve of such a visit.

Then it dawned on me. So I said to Alisdair, "Are you sure it wasn't the Gideons."

"Yeah, THAT was it. I couldn't remember the name. I didn't know if I should take one of their red Bibles or not. But I got one."

He seemed very relieved when I explained that the Gideons were a good group of people who went to schools and gave out New Testaments to Grade 5 students, and that they also gave out Bibles to soldiers, and put them in hospital rooms and in hotels and motels.

When we got home he called Grandma and Grandpa to let them know his faux pas and we all had a good laugh about his mix-up. All that worry for nothing!

The Colourful Game...

Alisdair was excitedly running around before school trying to find some green clothes to wear as it was "Rider Pride" day at school. They were having a tailgate party for lunch (selling burgers and pop) and he was totally into it as he cheers for the Saskatchewan Roughriders on a regular basis.

"Green is the colour and football is the game..." he sang as he arrived in the bedroom, where Isobel was lying on the bed watching cartoons.

Immediately she began to sing, too -- and on key! Only Isobel had her own lyrics "Red is the colour and soccer is the game!"

That girl can sure think on her feet and keeps surprising me and making me laugh!