Vanilla

Today we were having a conversation about when we moved to this house because Josh claims he can remember "moving in the van". I say, "Well, you weren't actually born when we moved to this house so you probably mean when we arrived back from England and got in the van from the airport".

Josh: "No, I remember both"!! Then the conversation takes a turn when Rose asks, "Do you know where we are?"

Josh: "Brookside" (our subdivison).

Rose: "No."

Me: "Yes. Josh is right. This is Brookside."

Rose: "No. I mean what country."

Josh: "Vanilla".

Me: "You mean Manila. Vanilla is a flavour of ice-cream." (I didn't even follow up the fact that Manila is the city and not the country we live in!) There follows some practising by Rose and Joshua of saying Manila but more often than not it still comes out as Vanilla. Then Josh says, "There's a vanilla in the Bible." I can't wait for the explanation so I say "Really?"

Josh: "Yes. I know it. King Herod."

Me: "You mean villain."

Josh: "No. It's King Herod's second name." And then he tries to justify it by telling us it's a different King Herod that he knows about.

I have to tell you I managed to keep a straight face the whole conversation. I think I deserve an award!