Meet Jacques the Croc.
Pronounced Jock-the Croc, for those of you who don't speak frou-frou French animal mascot names.
He is the mascot of our church's summer Sunday school program.
And apparently he is an eater of young children. According to L, who screams and clings to our legs/arms/head/torso for dear life when ever she sees Jacques.
It definitely adds a Sesame Street-meets-Surviorman/Predator-type storyline to our church time. Especially considering that Jacques sits in the back of the service, presumably to scope out the tastiest and most holy of youngsters.
Her aversion to Jacques comes as no surprise. She is terrified--TERRIFIED--of any thing in a costume. I think this stems from two things: a nasty run-in with Fred Bird (the St. Louis Cardinal's mascot, for those of you not in-the-know) at our Church harvest party last October...whoa, L is really going to associate church with large, scary, child-eating animals...and her half blindness, which is not so helpful in regards to her ninja-like reflexes when trying to escape evil, French reptiles.
Well. She is technically blind on her right side. So I suppose that on the left she is all secret-agent-spy...on the right, she's a defenseless bunny.
Jacques even carries a bucket of candy, which my other kids cannot get enough of. Silly Jacques. That will win you no points with L, as she just learned to chew and swallow within the last year. We bribed her with candy for YEARS with no response.
Nice try, Croc. You'll have to be on your A game if you want to attract our little nugget.
Pronounced Jock-the Croc, for those of you who don't speak frou-frou French animal mascot names.
He is the mascot of our church's summer Sunday school program.
And apparently he is an eater of young children. According to L, who screams and clings to our legs/arms/head/torso for dear life when ever she sees Jacques.
It definitely adds a Sesame Street-meets-Surviorman/Predator-type storyline to our church time. Especially considering that Jacques sits in the back of the service, presumably to scope out the tastiest and most holy of youngsters.
Her aversion to Jacques comes as no surprise. She is terrified--TERRIFIED--of any thing in a costume. I think this stems from two things: a nasty run-in with Fred Bird (the St. Louis Cardinal's mascot, for those of you not in-the-know) at our Church harvest party last October...whoa, L is really going to associate church with large, scary, child-eating animals...and her half blindness, which is not so helpful in regards to her ninja-like reflexes when trying to escape evil, French reptiles.
Well. She is technically blind on her right side. So I suppose that on the left she is all secret-agent-spy...on the right, she's a defenseless bunny.
Jacques even carries a bucket of candy, which my other kids cannot get enough of. Silly Jacques. That will win you no points with L, as she just learned to chew and swallow within the last year. We bribed her with candy for YEARS with no response.
Nice try, Croc. You'll have to be on your A game if you want to attract our little nugget.
1 comment:
I like it that Jacques lurks in the back of the church service. Crocodile Dock was the theme of at least one of A's VBSs this summer, but I don't think they had any full-body costumes. They *did* have massive inflatable pool rafts in the shape of crocodiles. Maybe L needs a new lovey for church.
Aside: Shouldn't an alligator have been the reptile of choice if they are going for the bayou/swamp thing? When will these people learn to consult with us?
Post a Comment