When Roland has been out of town
(which really has not been too often) I will allow Jenna to sleep in my
bed.
At 6:00 last night she went toward her
room and announced that she’d be going to bed – which I really didn’t believe
until I saw her in her pajamas. She had returned
to ask if she could watch something in my room.
She really was tired – I could see that the second time. I knew she wouldn’t finish seeing whatever
video she chose.
She loves the reality show “What WouldYou Do?” which doesn’t
start until 8:00. By that time I decided
I would go into my room as well. I
turned off the DVD player and turned the TV to ABC and got in bed. Jenna was asleep.
Then comes the advertisement for “What
Would You Do?” and Jenna comes to life.
She’s not the only one who’s tired – and actually has more focus during
the show and I am the one nodding off.
An advertisement came on for a
hamburger – I don’t recall which fast food place it is for but the logo says, “It’s
not as expensive as you think” – although I’m guessing we heard it wrong.
I actually had not paid attention to
the commercial, but guessed that maybe that’s how it was phrased when Jenna
turned to me and asked, “Why would they advertise something is more expensive
than you think?”
It struck me funny – and I continued
laughing as I would imitate, “you may think you can afford this – but it’s more
expensive than you think.”
I tried to control my laughter – but kept
on going out of tiredness more than anything.
Jenna became offended with my taunting and making fun of her error. To make her feel better, I shared one of my
own.
“Have you seen those lights that blink
– they are usually located far above the ground to warn planes that they are
flying too low? If the pilot can see the
light, he knows he has to make the plane go higher.
“Well, one time I was asking about one
that I saw, but I said the wrong thing.
I asked if it was a warning for planes that were flying too high.
“Of course Patrick and his friend
couldn’t let that slide and so they teased me about it. ‘Yes, it is a warning
for pilots who might be flying into the sun.’
‘Watch out for the sun!’ It was a long while before they stopped teasing
me about it”
And so the joke that Jenna and I now
share between us is that she will say, “Look out! You’re going to hit the sun.” And I will come back with, “It’s more
expensive than you think.”
This morning she starts in with our
new inside joke. I am still tired. And so I turn on the TV. The cartoon selection is quite different on Saturday
than it is before she leaves for school.
A wide selection of preschool programs.
The ones shared by the main networks have not started yet. That leaves some kind of Sci-Fi and a Biblical
story. I select the one from the BYU
channel.
As she is watching the story of
Joseph, she interrupts my sleep again, “Mom, is this the same story as “Little
Joe” from “Veggie Tales”
“Yes”
“They don’t have French accents though”
“Jenna. This version is more accurate than Veggie Tales. Please let me sleep.”
Joseph ends. She’s not interested in the workout video
that follows. I hand her the
remote.
She settles on a pre-school program
that is broadcast in Spanish – and then translates it for me. I’m grateful that she has learned new
language skills and that she is actually grateful (for a change) to be learning
Spanish – and actually has been excited about it! I am so happy to hear that!
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