The Ten Commandments

We have been reading the Old Testament as a family. Cohen only wants to take note on some of the most exciting things...like bloody water or cutting heads off. He gets concerned. Taylin amazes me at how much she absorbs. We got to the ten commandments...all at once was a bit much. We will break them down next time. For this time we were able to remember and "apply" a few.


Anywho, the next day we were talking about their playing pretend. Taylin was telling Cohen we can't kill it is a commandment and we can't pretend to be Hannah Montana either. I recalled talking about "Thou shalt not kill," but had to flashback to remember, Thou shalt not pretend to be Hannah Montana." She picked it up pretty good as I tried to make it age appropriate. She was referring to "Thou shalt not have any other gods before me" and "Thou shalt not worship idols." I had used the example of Hannah Montana. If "we" made our life all about Hannah Montana and hung her posters all over the room, etc., etc., it would be breaking the commandments. I already had to discourage her hanging a poster last spring of Hannah Montana (from a Wal-mart ad) on her wall. Just one of my pet peeves.


I am still not sure about how to deal with the kids pretending to kill. Although they are always brought back to life at the hospital (in the kids' imaginative play). Wow, Scott and White is really the place to go! I try to encourage minor injuries or sickness. I know...I am lame.