Baptism From Mac's Perspective

Since we've been in a self-imposed quarantine for a couple of weeks, Mac, Arden and I listened to church online yesterday. Some friends of ours were having their baby baptized--baby Evelyn. I thought it would be a good opportunity to explain the basics of baptism to Mac as we listened, since Arden will be baptized soon.

Me: Baby Evelyn is being baptized at church. Dr. Ferguson is going to put water on her head to show that she belongs to Jesus.

Mac: Blank stare.

Me: Soon Arden is going to be baptized too. Dr. Ferguson will put water on her head at church. It will show that she belongs to Jesus too.

Mac: Even blanker stare.

Me: When baby Arden is baptized, daddy will hold her and you'll stand in front of the church with daddy and me. You'll have to be very quiet when baby Arden is baptized.

Some time passes. Like, an hour or two. I suppose he had to process this strange new concept. After thinking it over, his understanding of our conversation was revealed:

Mac: (out of nowhere) Uncle Evan gets water on head at church!

Hmm...

On another note, Mac is so social, so full of energy and questions...I cannot imagine what will happen when we do have Arden baptized. Every time I think about it, I cannot foresee any scenario where Mac does not ask in a super-loud voice, "What's that?" during each step of the baptism. There is no "I-will-sit-quietly-and-listen" bone in this child's body.

Except when Elmo's involved.