Funny

Sunday we went to the international church in Madrid and sent the kids to Sunday school as usual. When we went to pick up Mathis, he came out with his coloring page, which had his name, "Bob" written on it. I imagine the conversation went something like this.

Teacher: "What is your name?"
Mathis: "Bop Bop."
Teacher, thinking to herself, "Bob Bob? He must mean Bob." and proceeds to write Bob on his page.

A few weeks ago at the dinner table Jesse asked him if his name was Mathis and he said, "No, but people call me that."

So Rachel has been sick with a fever and sore throat for the last two days and we camped out on my bed and watched Leave it to Beaver, which she had never seen. She loved it, of course, and I found it entertaining on a new level, having a little boy of my own. In the pilot episode, Beaver's teacher calls him to the front and addresses him as "Theodore," and he corrects her, saying his name is Beaver. She asks if that is given name and he replies, "Yeah, my brother gave it to me." In the end, she agrees to call him Beaver. It makes me wonder how long Bop Bop will be Bop Bop. Maybe forever. :)