MY SON... the iron-gut
At first Richard and I couldn’t figure out why Aiden would shun veggies and go for dirt, dog poop, (yes, he actually came to me gagging with a whole mouth full… at which point we both started gagging), goat water.
We went to a strange looking farm about 2 hours away to pick out our new baby goats.
When we drove up to the house, we knew we were in the right place because the sticker you see above was on the back of the van in the driveway. When we went into the goat pen there were lots of goats to choose from. During the course of our search for the perfect Lewellen goats, Aiden decides to taste goat poop and then wash it down with the tub of water that all the other fellow goats are drinking out of… I almost gagged again…
A pattern began to emerge…
More recently, we were at my mom’s for the weekend and his favorite drinking spot became the bird bath… he’d wake up, stagger outside looking for his brew, dip his head into the bath and come up saying, “Ahh.”
The data was in. Richard and I began to contemplate over the simple question “Why all the weirdness with food and drink?” We realized he was probably just preparing his digestive system for the nations. Silly us… didn’t we know he would be about His Father’s business?
posted by Marci Lewellen @ 12:50 PM
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I want to be right next to Aiden Lewellen in the end!
AMEN! let the training continue! he is in good company judging by the other IHOP children I know!
i hear they are so poor that they have to do that. its a shame really.
Is this what I have to look forward to if we ever have a boy???
Just add in Israel to the list of kids in training through goat poop. Thanks Aiden for showing Izzy how important a balanced diet really is for kindom purposes.
kristi, i think it is more just the genes... one of richard's favorite thing is cinnamon raisin bagels with cream cheese, peanut butter topped with about anything else in the frigde... somedays he adds carrots or other vegetables in the mix, random cereal or oats, or any fruit added is a real treat to him...
anyone who's ever shared a room (or a not-room) with richard cannot be surprised by the things his son is willing to stick in his mouth
let me clarify.
by "they" i mean poor people in other countries which is why they want to sneak into America.
;)
Ike, thanks for clarifying... I think they should come just legally :)
howdy-i found yer' blog on accounta' sarah. my husband drank bleach as achild and i used to eat 3 cans a spinach a day for a year at age 2. i'm certain i must have taken down some grasshoppers as well. i am fairly normal-whoa i just nearly spit up-that's a bold lie. i do enjoy a good bit of peanut butter on chicken patties...mmmmm...
-jillian
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