Drowning Moses

[pen_grunt]

I didn't remember this until a friend and I were talking about baby names today. He asked what I thought of "Miles".
I had a baby doll named Miles when I was a kid. I don't know why all my baby dolls were boys, but they were.
Then I also remembered that my other baby doll was named Moses.
Moses was a small doll with a yellow fleece outfit my mom sewed for him. He was like the Grumpy Cat of baby dolls; his face had this perpetually irritated expression and his little plastic hands were molded into fists.

I used to pretend that Moses was BibleMoses as a baby, and float/drown him in various bodies of water (shower, sink, pond...). Drowned because a basket of bullrushes is hard to construct, yo, and I was no Miriam. Heck, most of the time I didn't even try for a basket and Moses was BAD at floating. Baby doll Moses drowned A LOT. I didn't even pretend it was otherwise. Kid-me was all: Whelp, baby Moses drowned AGAIN. Poor baby Moses. I guess that didn't work out.

Maybe my parents shouldn't have let me watch The Ten Commandments when I was like 4 or 5.

Comments

[tediousandbrief.livejournal.com]

This is too funny! Poor baby Moses the doll. :(

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

I think I still have him around somewhere. I ought to post a picture if I find him. Can't wait to tell my kid: "This is Moses. He drowns."

[tediousandbrief.livejournal.com]

haha!

[newlifeinstpaul.livejournal.com]

I s'pose Moses was crying when found (Ex 2:6), so at least that explains the 'Moses' name for the face. But I can't help explain your serial drownings.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

I did awful, terrible things to my baby dolls. It's kind of a wonder I'm not a psychopath. *twitch*

[newlifeinstpaul.livejournal.com]

That would be a wonder, wouldn't it........dotty dot dot......?

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

Wait...HOW am I allowed to have children again? Are *they* sure that this is a good idea?

[newlifeinstpaul.livejournal.com]

As long as they smile a lot!