I talk a lot. When you walk a Deuteronomy 6 lifestyle, it is part of the raising children package. Life is school, and as such it is a constant barrage of questions, answers and explanations. Sometimes, though, it is interesting to get the childrens’ take on what they have ‘heard’ during these discussions.

This morning we were discussing Obama’s election again, as we have discussed little else since election day. Every topic we land upon seems to bring up the dangers of this administration. Studying Ishmael, our bible lessons bring up his name; Math lessons morph into a discussion of taxation, which morphs into a discussion of Obama; checking email, with Mercola’s mention of families who homeschool to avoid mandatory immunizations brings up Obama’s name, even phonics lessons involve ‘The One’ this one:

“No, no, Buddy, it is a long O.”

“Oh, you mean like O-bama?”

(Mom rolling eyes and sighing) “Yes, Bub, like Obama.”

The only other topic that has been so popular lately is the subject of immunity. We have been in a season of actively building our immune systems, discussing how dangerous it is to have them weakened and generally thinking healthy thoughts. My intention with some of these talks has been to motivate my Littles to take their cod liver oil and elderberry syrup, but it appears that the danger mentioned in one discussion and the danger mentioned in the other have melded in their young minds into a whole new form of evil.

This morning at breakfast, toward the end of another Obama talk, and during the dispensing of the aforementioned cod liver oil and elderberry syrup, our seven-year-old ‘Napoleon’ added in all the sincerity of a wee one,

“Yeah, and Obama  has a poor immune system, too!”

Not to be out-done, four-year-old Doodle added a comment, (the censure of which possibly only my ‘Messianic’ friends will totally understand and appreciate),

“And I bet he eats Kosher pork!”

Interestingly enough, their Mother did not correct either of them.