Ice Skating with the Hebrew Magic Fairy

The Faircloth fam went ice skating this weekend at the Ashburn Ice House. Reagan and Luke had a great time and, thankfully, my co-worker was there and he was gracious enough to help us out by taking Reagan or Luke for a spin around the ice (since one of us, of course, had to stay with Will).... that helped greatly... Not much else to report here, except that the kids loved it.... Reagan desperately wanted to go "speedy fast" like the others (I love her competitive spirit)... and we'll probably go again sometime in the future. Click here for the pictures, if you're so inclined.

Now... I know you're dying to know.... Who's the Hebrew Magic Fairy?

No, it's not this guy...




That's Christopher Lowell.... master of the use of pastel-colored buttons in interior decorating...

The Hebrew Magic Fairy, of course... would be... (drum roll)... my daughter Reagan.

Here's the deal. We place an importance on teaching our children about God and the Bible. Kelly and I really think.... above all things... instilling in them a Biblical foundation is one of the best gifts we can give them. So, that means of course, we read lots of stories from the Bible. LOTS of stories... we read about Jesus, the Philistines, God, Romans, Judah... and, of course... the Hebrews...

Well, we are also fairly lenient with other books they read. You know, we're not ones for a book burning... so, as long as books aren't demonic or deliberately offensive to our faith... we'll generally be okay with them (well, Rainbow Fish is one book I REFUSE to read... they might as well subtitle that one so it reads "Rainbow Fish: A Socialist Primer). Okay... you get the idea... so in addition to the Bible, we also reads plenty of stories about princesses, fairies, cloud-living bears and the like.

Unfortunately, in the brain of a 4 year-old... things can get a bit mixed up... hence, the other day while putting on a "play" for us... she introduced herself as Reagan, the "Hebrew Magic Fairy".... Hilarious. And... it's not just Reagan... in that same "play" Luke was a flying superhero Roman Soldier.

Oh... and another quick story along these lines... we heard the song "Who let the dogs out" the other day and I asked Luke "Who let the dogs out?"... you know... secretly hoping he'd say "Daddy"... instead, he said "Noah." And.. well... I guess he's right. A 3 year old has finally answered the question we've been asking ourselves for a decade.... Noah let the dogs out, my friends. Case closed.

Anyway.. hopefully we haven't scarred them for the rest of their lives.