in church, Joshua made his friend Austin (who's Bean's age) cry. We always sit in the back row of church - which makes for a quick escape when necessary - next to my friend Jasmine and her son Austin and their entire family. Austin & Joshua normally have fun together, playing with each other's toys and enjoying each other's snacks.Yesterday, however, Joshua pointed at Austin and shouted in a very loud voice "BAH!" Poor Austin burst into tears and went running to his aunt since his mom was on the worship team. I felt so bad. What Austin didn't know was that Joshua was doing that in his honor. I'm not sure what "BAH!" means, but Joshua says that when he sees our Christmas tree light up or anything else particularly pretty or intriguing to him. But, I can see where Austin's feelings got hurt by his friend pointing and shouting at him. I apologized for making him so upset - poor little one!
Joshua was very offended that his friend ran away from him crying and he tried to follow him, shrieking. I picked up the Bean and tried to explain that we don't shout at people, and that we don't scream in church in general. There's so much to learn when you're only one!
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