Little Comedian!

To preface the story I'm about to tell you, I'll give you fair warning and just say that yes, we do practice paedocommunion in our congregation and yes, we do use real wine. Any further explanation on that you might desire, and I'll refer you to David. :)

So today it is time for communion and the bread is being passed. We all take our chunks of bread, and as usual, it is a struggle to keep Solomon from eating too soon. He did quite well today, waiting until the loaf made its way back up front, but still... not quite patient enough. This is why I break off an extra large chunk--so I can give him some of mine when it is the appropriate time to eat of the loaf. :) Then, comes the wine....

It used to be that Solomon hated the wine and it was quite the chore to get him to drink any. I don't know if it's just a different wine that we're using that he prefers, or if it's because he now knows that he's not going to get out of drinking it, but he's decided to really ham it up. Last week and this week, he got more than a few chuckles from his wine critique: He takes a sip and then says, "mmmMMMMmmmm Tasty!" This week, he took it one step further and after subsequent sips to finish his little cup, he made a noise much like you might hear on a soda commercial (if they still do this... they did when I was a kid, but I don't have TV now so don't really know), "AAAAAAHHHHHH." It's really amazing just how many sips a child can get out of one of those eighth of a shot glass sized communion cups! The "AAAAAHHHHH"s just kept coming! I'm afraid I have a little comedian on my hands!

Solomon is an especially fun and happy boy, so I can't say that I'm upset that he's got such a large sense of humor in such a tiny body--most of the time he's really a treat to be around. However, I am wondering if I should be at all concerned about what this may mean in terms of future antics!