jack has been learning a lot about hannukah this week at school. so far he has asked me the following; can we become jewish, can i make potato pancakes, can he learn hebrew and if i knew how to count from 1-10 in hebrew! i like his enthusiasm and eagerness to learn, but i was definitely not prepared for the next conversation to follow. it went a little something like this;
j: mom, how do jewish people look?
me: um, you can't really tell someone's religion by looking at them. sometimes you can tell where someone's family originates based on their last name.
j: oh no, i know how you can tell...it's in the kid's faces. they like have these old faces, ya know. i think (insert name of school mate) is jewish, because he has a really old face!
me: um, again, you can't really tell by looking at someone buddy. #imsonotpreparedfortheseconversations
oy vey?!
Kristin, your blogs about your children never cease to amuse and delight me. I just love Jack.
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