An example of a child's excitablility

Kids are amazing creatures. They find the simplest, and sometimes the grossest, things very interesting and exciting. The kids that I watch aren’t very different. Here is a great example of that.

On Sunday I was sitting with my host family, listening to them talk to guests. It was January 8th, which is a very important day. That is Djura’s birthday. She turned 7 years old on Sunday. The visitors had come specifically because it was Djura’s birthday. Everyone was happy, the kids were wild (specifically, our boys were wild…but that’s not very abnormal), and we were all busy talking.

Towards the end of the visit, Karsten decided to go use the bathroom. He really had to go. He’d been in the restroom for quite some time when he finally called for his dad. His dad had to wipe him (yes, folks, when kids are younger you start out wiping them, especially if they have gone poop. If you don’t like that fact, don’t have kids. I will tell you now, it’s better than changing a diaper!). Jack went in and wiped Karsten. When they were finished, Karsten came running into the living room. Apparently, before Karsten flushed the toilet he took a moment to look down into the toilet, thus noting his feces. How do I know this? When Karsten came running into the living room, he was very excited and shouted out in the midst of us all, “I pooped out the cross of Jesus!!!!”