The Gilford Family: 2009

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Justin Loves Jesus

A couple of weeks ago, I took a break from my late night brief writing to go up and say goodnight to Jordan (this is a game that goes on every night - one of us puts him to bed, the next has to go "lay with him for a minute," then if the person who put him to bed is feeling particularly week, they have to go back up there for "one more minute"). Anyway, I went and laid down and asked him if he wanted me to sing him a song.
"Yes."
"What do you want me to sing?"
"Ummm, Justin (as in Timberlake)."
"No, we're only going to sing Jesus songs."
"OK, Jesus Loves the Little Children and Jesus Loves Me."
So I sang them.
"Mommy, I made up a Jesus song, you want to hear it?"
"Of course."
"It's called Justin loves Jesus."
Trying not laugh, "OK, sing it for me."
I wish I could recite all the words, but it included things like "Justin loves Jesus. He died one day and went up to see Jesus and God and he said Hi and he hugged them. Then they went on a roller coaster ride." Then, to the tune of Jesus loves me, "Yes, Justin loves Jesus. Yes, Justin loves Jesus."
"Mommy, you want to try and sing it now?"
"No, that's OK."
With tears in my eyes as I'm holding back laughter until I could get downstairs and tell Carl about it . . ...
The next morning, I asked him to sing his new song for Daddy.
"Which one?"
"You know, the one you made up last night."
"OHHH. Justin loves Jesus?"
"yes, that one."
"No, that's only a song for going to sleep."
We were laying in bed, so I said, "well, Daddy is still asleep now."
"No, it's only for nighttime, when everyone is going to sleep. That's what I was talking about."