Jan. 22, 2008 - Coughing Lazarus
Before you read this entry of mine please familarize yourself with John 11:1-46, the story of the death and resurrection of Lazarus of Bethany, the brother of Mary and Martha. (you can read it online http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2011:1-46;&version=49; ) That is where this story starts...
So Bean decided yesterday that nothing must do but that all the sisters act out the story of Lazarus as she had done in church on Sunday. Monkey Face was to be Lazarus, Bear was Mary and Bean was Martha, various men on the way and, of course, Jesus. Now I won't remember it all, as I was giggling...but here is a highlight.
Bean: "Now, Monkey Face, you are Nazareth"
Mom: "Honey, his name was LLLLLLazarUS"
Bean: "Ok, you are Nazarus."
M.F.: "No, my name is Eric" (another whole story, I'll get to that later)
Bean: "Okay, your NAME is Eric but can you PRETEND to be Lazareth?"
M.F.: "Yes"
Bear to M.F.: "You're dead"
M.F.: "I not dead, I Eric"
Bean: "She's not dead YET, she has to be sick first, can you pretend to be sick?"
M.F.: (no idea what she's talking about...does nothing)
Bean: "Can you lay down here and pretend to cough?"
M.F.: cough cough cough...cough cough
Bear: "oh she's VERY sick"
M.F.: cough cough
Bean: "okay, now pretend to be dead"
M.F.: (again, NO clue what she means)...cough cough??
Bear: "She doesn't LOOK dead"
Bean to M.F.: "Can you pretend to be asleep, you know close your eyes?"
M.F.: (dutifully closing her eyes for her big sister) COUGH COUGH COUGH!
Bear: "she shouldn't cough"
Bean to Bear: "just pretend"
Bear: "poor dead Lazarus"
M.F.: coughing for emphasis
--- then there was a bit of an interlude where we cut to Jesus on the road...He LOOKED AT HIS WATCH and said something along the line of "gotta go" to various gathered imaginary people...and rushed back to Mary (Bear)...but with Bean acting as Jesus...there was no Martha...we think she MIGHT have been cleaning something...okay back at the tomb with Lazarus coughing periodically and playing with her Ariel polly pocket to pass the time...
Bean: "MOM, can we wrap Monkey Face in Toilet paper???"
Mom: surveying the catastrophic living room, "Uh, NO"
Bean: "okay, pretend you are all wrapped up"
M.F.: cough
Bean: (as Jesus) "Hey Lazarus, GET UP!"
M.F.: (pops off the couch with great exuberance)
They all jump around shouting "Lazareth, Nazarus, Lazarus is ALIVE!!!" (I'm sure that had Martha been there it would have been more seemly.)
As to Monkey Face adopting the name Eric. That occurred as a result of playing with Bear earlier in the day. See they were playing princesses...but see Bear was being Ariel and she was getting married and SOMEBODY had to stand in as Prince Eric. Monkey Face embraced the role SO much that she BECAME Eric yesterday and if you, by chance, called her by her given name she would state loudly, "My NAME is Eric." Even late last night when I asked Bubba to run downstairs and get Monkey Face some water, she called "My NAME is Eric"...so I had to ask him to get Eric some water...Bubba's reply, "Well, I always DID want a son".
See ya around...
Comments
Jan. 23, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by CrossView
Too precious! I love it!
I got tickled at, "Well, I always DID want a son"! =D
And Prince (Princess?) Eric? He was my favorite! =D
