(OK, so I am experimenting with adding photos to my blog! )

If you do not know my boys, then this could be very disturbing.  Or maybe my children are disturbing, and you do not need any photos to prove it!

This photo makes me laugh for several reasons.  But is also  begs a question.
My sister gave my oldest son an Amazon coupon for his birthday in '06.  My sis is not so big on weaponry in the hands of children, even if it is for play only!
Upon sending her the photo of my son brandishing the Airsoft gun which had just arrived UPS from Amazon, she cackled out loud like only my sister can.  She questioned me lovingly about whether on not my boys may be pictured in the next most-wanted bulletin posted in the MPD.

I used to be a mom that cringed at my son pointing small plastic guns at others, and pulling the trigger.  But you know, I realized that they make them out of their fingers, sticks, carrots, you name it.  They do not have to own a gun, to enjoy imaginary target practice!

Boys need to be challenged, tested, and to find themselves as worthy of the battle. Am I engaging them in their world?  I want to be a mom that helps them be sensitive and competent.  I pray that I will help them grow up to be men with a deep faith in their Lord Jesus Christ, first.   Jesus is called the Lion of the tribe of Judah.  Are my boys lions, or lambs?  Jesus was both.  Boy is that a hard thing to teach.

Maybe this airsoft fad is just our 20th century version of jousting?  Maybe it's a bad idea.  I know there are a few more holes in things around my house, than there were a year ago! 

...just a side note...don't you think the pose reminds you of another trio that we saw in silhouette in the 80's.  Call me crazy...