FROM THE TOP
LELAND ACKER chreporter@mediactr.com
For years I have been aware that there were little people living in my house. These tenants are the strangest individuals I have ever seen.

They are noisy, messy and have strange taste in music and movies. They particularly enjoy animated movies about talking animals and cars.

They don't pay rent, nor do they hold jobs. They can really wreak havoc on a fresh pile of laundry.

Ah, yes, those little people.

Most of us don't think of our children as mere little people who crash our sofas and drink all our soda. However, we can become so engrossed in the things we have to do that we treat them as such.

Here are some fun moments I have had with my "little people" these past few weeks.

While driving one day, the song "Thy Word" was playing on the radio. To my surprise, my six-year-old daughter knew every word and sang along. She then proclaimed, "We should sing this at church."

My wife responded by telling me that our six-year old prefers a modern worship service.

My four-year old son is continuing his preparation toward an entomology career. His hobby is to catch as many bugs and worms as possible, put them in a jar, give them water and leaves to eat. (So far, his live incubation experimentation has not come to fruition.)

He has also taken up magic. No, not that dark sorcery stuff. He likes making his dinner disappear. (Magically, it reappears beneath his chair, or on his brother's plate.)

Then there's my soon-to-be two year old son. This one is going to be a handful.

He likes to spin himself in a circle until he can barely walk. Once he is good and dizzy, he jumps onto his bouncy seat and bounces as high as he can before the seat throws him. Then he spins around until thoroughly dizzy. He then repeats the process with the bouncy chair. He'll do this until you stop him. I don't know why I see his future landing in the PRCA National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.

The three of them together make-up the "Tremendous Trio." They play together, fight with each other and team up against the advancing tyranny of the grown-ups. All these ingredients form a show far more dramatic, hilarious and entertaining than anything you'll find on NBC or DVD.

"Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is His reward...Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them." (Psalm 127). Amen to that.