Sam's family

Sam's family

Monday, February 22, 2010

Control, commitment and attitude

As I posted Sam's last saying, I thought of at least 3 recent ones we haven't included...

My parents and Tyler and Josh were talking about having Jesus in their heart. Sam was trying to understand, so Tyler and Josh began explaining that when Jesus comes into your heart He has control over your life... to which Sam quickly responded: I don't WANT anyone to control my life!

A few weeks ago, Corrie was telling Sam to come downstairs to do something to which Sam responded: I'm not committed to you!

And just a few days ago, I was asking Sam to something and he began whining. So I explained that I needed him to happily and readily offer to do what I said, and he said: I don't like that attitude!

Tricky

Last weekend the boys stayed with Dan's parents. In the words of Dan's Mom, here's what Sam said...

Sam wanted to play with Tyler but Tyler wanted to play by himself. Tyler had couple of new lego toys and he wasn't at all interested in playing with anyone. Sam kept bugging Tyler. So finally I said to Sam, "Sam, it takes two people who want to play together in order to be able to play, If one person wants to play but the other doesn't want to play, it won't work. Both people need to WANT to play".

Sam listened carefully and then responded, "That sounds tricky!"