Liam loves cows. And baby kitties. Occasionally, he will do his "Oo, Oo," point at the computer and say, "Cowies?" So I bring up Youtube where we happily browse for mooing baby cows and their mamas. And he especially likes a video of a kitty jumping into a box. It never fails to amaze me how children can watch the same thing 5,276,982 times, look at you and say, "Again?"
Something to note about Youtube is that when you initially bring it up, there are some featured videos posted as stills. Last week, on the very front of Youtube was a still of Jack Black in Jesus drag. The caption read, "Prop 8 - the Musical."
As I started typing in the search for "baby cows," Liam pointed to the still and said, "Jesus? Oo. Oo." I said, "No, honey, that's not Jesus." He insisted and started bouncing in his seat and jabbing his finger at the screen. So we played it. He was thrilled to see Jesus on the screen and I was thanking God that he had no idea what they were singing about. There were cast members from Saturday Night Live, Neil Patrick Harris, and a variety of other actors putting on this 3 minute skit.
Fast forward to Friday morning. Druck is in the bathroom engaged in his morning constitutional and Liam is at the computer insisting we take a look at Jesus again. While the musical is playing and Liam is bobbing to the beat, suddenly, a bellow comes from the other room. "What are you letting him watch????"
I scampered to the bathroom door, hands clasped, and nervously said, "It's ok, dear. He thinks Jack Black is Jesus."
"What?"
"He's only 20 months old. He has no idea what they are singing about. He just likes the beat." I exhaled loudly and rushed back to the computer as they sang and danced across the stage singing about Prop 8 and separation of Church and State.
Before getting to the computer, however, I dropped to my knees and held my clasped hands to my forehead, whispering, "Lord, God? Please don't hold this against me. He thinks he's seeing Jesus. It's good that he loves Jesus. Please, please, don't hold this one thing against me. Please?"
When I looked up, Liam was happily bobbing to the music and, when it ended, he turned to me and said, "Again?"
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