A New Character in the Cast

For those who are eagerly awaiting the birth of our third child, please keep eagerly waiting. This is not a birth announcement. Rather, it is the introduction to a new character played by my children's father (i.e. me).

The character is named Scrofulious the Monster, and he shows every sign of becoming more popular than Edgar the Dragon. Scrofulious is shaped like a small brontosaurus, about 6 feet high. He is bright green, and speaks with a Peter Lorrie type of voice. He's a fearsome monster, and is well known for eating children's toes. But he lives in continual fear that the children will discover his deepest darkest secret - that he is afraid the children will eat his toes!

On the way home from AWANA tonight, the children told me that they love it when I'm jokey with them. When I started speaking like Scrofulious, they started cheering. Then we had some fun discussing what Scrofulious was going to put in the milkshake he was making for them tonight. The milkshake ended up fairly conventional, with the exception of some carmel sauce in a milkshake that was supposed to be chocolate. Still, with Scrofulious, you never know 8-)