Mary, Did You Know?

Yesterday Deacon and Roman started a new game: Baby Jesus.

Deacon came into the room with his construction eye protection on and a blanket over his head. He was claiming to be Mary, the mother of Jesus. Good thing we are not Catholic, or that might be enough to get kicked out of the church.

Roman was Joseph.

They wanted to wake up a teething Lincoln to be Baby Jesus. They thought he would be perfect for the role.

A screaming, sleep deprived 18 month old didn't seem like perfect Baby Jesus material to me.

So I gave them a doll in a pink dress.

They took turns holding the doll and exclaiming over how cute he/she was.

They needed a manger.

I gave them my precious basket that they are not allowed to play "Baby Moses" with to be the manger.

Suddenly, now that the forbidden basket was the manger, Joseph transformed into Baby Jesus.

Baby Jesus kept forgetting he was human and would frequently meow. In my basket.

They were now short a Joseph, so Deacon moved over to that role and I became Mary.

I convinced Joseph that after giving birth to a 3 year old half cat/half human I was very tired and needed to nap. He was to be in charge of Baby Jesus.

He suggested to Baby Jesus that they go out shopping for a new blanket for the manger.

Baby Jesus didn't want to go shopping so Joseph suggested he just stay home with Mary. (thanks, Joseph!)

Joseph asked Mary what time his volleyball games were that night.

Baby Jesus started climbing on Mary and Joseph came over and laughed and said, "Mary, did you know that your baby Jesus has a sticker on his butt?"

And so the parody was born.
(Incidently, to spice things up today, and since Noah was home, Noah and I were Joseph and Mary, Deacon was Baby Jesus and Roman was Baby Jesus' Kitty Cat. "Jesus" named the cat Roman, clearly named after the Roman soldiers that would one day crucify him. Now that is irony.)

Parody of Mary Did You Know.
(by the way, this is a great song to parody because you can just shorten/lengthen any words as you sing to make them work. It is just the nature of the song.)

Mary, did you know
That your baby boy has a sticker on his butt?
Mary, did you know
That your baby boy doesn't want to go shopping?
Did you know
That your baby boy is going to ruin your manger
This game that they created
Will soon annoy you

Mary, did you know
That your baby boy wants to play computer
Mary, did you know
That your baby boy turned the TV on again
Did you know
That your baby boy just threw a spoon in the toilet
And when you kiss your little baby
You've kissed a creation of God

Oh, Mary, did you know?
The boy will run
The boy will jump
And the boy will do it again
The boy will leap
The boy will dance
Just because he can

Mary, did you know,
That your baby boy dove right down the stairs
Mary, did you know
That your baby boy just landed on his head
Did you know that your baby boy wants a kitty cat
This little boy whose screeching
is your precious son


Mary, Did You Know is one of my favorite Christmas songs.

I think it is a powerful testimony and recap of Jesus' work on earth.

But as a mother now, I think about those things as I rock them, as I play with them. What will they be? What will they do?

Someday maybe I will hear:

Julie, did you know
that your little boy always comforts others
Julie, did you know
that your little boy is a friend to everyone
Did you know
That your little boy spreads joy whereever he goes
This child that you are raising
Will one day raise others

Julie, did you know
That your little boy gives what he can to people
Julie, did you know
That your little boy calms everyone's tempers
Did you know
That your little boy stands up for his brothers
And when you kiss your little boy
You've kissed a child of God

Julie, did you know?
Your boy will watch
Your boy will listen
Your boy will live in Heaven
Your boy will teach
Your boy will learn
The story of the Lamb

Julie, did you know
That your little boy knows who Jesus is
Julie, did you know
That your little boy shares salvation with his friends
Did you know
That your little boy never laughs at others
This little boy you're teaching
Is being used by the great I AM.