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Run Baby Jesus! Run!

I was coming back downstairs from putting Max down for a nap and I hear Amelia singing Mary's Lullaby to herself. She is playing with a nativity set and is sweetly retelling the story of the birth of the Savior. My heart swells a bit.

Then her version of the story makes an adventurous plot twist. (I grabbed a pen and scribbled word for word what happened next)

"Then a dinosaur came and scared all of the people. And the dinosaur was kind of soft and not soft just really squishy but really scary! And the sheeps were all really dead. And the dinosaur scared them all. So the baby Jesus said hey let's get a ride out of here (at this point she empties my folded piles of clean laundry out of the basket and pimps a get away car for everyone). Then they take a ride. Hold on! (she dumps the nativity out). Run baby Jesus! run! hurry! AAAAHHHH! We knocked over all the people! And baby Jesus said let's go again!! and baby Jesus began to cry and the people said no! no babies crying allowed in here! so the dinosaur came and locked up all of them. The baby Jesus said uh-oh. I'm all locked up now."



We have all sorts of doctrine around these parts, no?

Comments

Unknown said…
I seriously needed a good belly laugh and that fit the bill. Oh my gawh, how funny was that??? From now on, when I see my kid's nativity sets, I'll think "Run Baby Jesus Run!"
December 10, 2008 at 9:22 PM
diane said…
It looks like Godzilla in Bethlehem.
December 10, 2008 at 11:58 PM
sillyhaywardfamily said…
Wow I have never heard the extended version of that story!! Kinda exciting!!!
December 11, 2008 at 6:35 AM
Nana said…
And who said that all those trips to the Dinosaur Museum this summer not worth very penny.....
December 11, 2008 at 7:07 AM
grammy said…
I'm sure "Baby Jesus" was smiling after that account of the nativity.
Yes Virginia, creativity runs big time in that family.
December 11, 2008 at 9:40 AM
Jessica said…
I think you need to tell the "let the little children come unto me" story again, as she currently thinks Jesus kicks out crying babies and, really, I have a couple kids that would be in BIG trouble, should that be true.
December 13, 2008 at 3:40 PM
Amanda Fetters said…
That made me snerkle out loud.
December 15, 2008 at 6:30 PM
April said…
I though you were a seminary teacher? What happened? Is eveyone being led astray? Seriously funny! Sounds a bit like Garrett's version of why Jesus loves the dinosaurs and why Satan destroyed them all when the "comet hit the earth". Hey is your brother coming to Utah for Christmas? We all need to get together! Please respond and let me know what we could put together. Pot luck and eveyone just catching up! Wait for your response!
April
December 16, 2008 at 5:29 AM
heidiram said…
I love my little Mia Mia. She is such a classic. Sarah's rendition of the story would most likely include princesses. I have tried and tried to get Sarah into dinosaurs instead of princesses . . . but it's a no go. Bummer.
December 17, 2008 at 4:40 AM
queenieweenie said…
A little imagination is...kinda scary?
December 17, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Jenibelle said…
Ummmmmm.....aren't YOU the Primary President here? If that's the kind of stuff you're teaching, no one will miss a week.
December 18, 2008 at 10:41 PM
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