John the Baptist and Ping the Duck

We're reading through a book called The Story About Ping for homeschool this week. I remember reading it when I was young, although I didn't remember much of the story line. I particularly remember little Ping snatching up the rice cake out of the little boy's hand in the river.

A big thematic element is obedience and honoring/submitting to authority. Little Ping fails to return to his master when he realizes he'll be the last duck on the boat. He didn't want to get a spank from his master for being late. Instead, he hid. While he escaped that spank, the next morning he couldn't find his boat and [SPOILER ALERT] almost became dinner for another family who picked him up.

Anyways, we spent some time talking about obedience to authority and I explained who my authority figures are. I asked him who his are. I was looking for answers like God, Mommy, and, Daddy. Instead he said "God and Jesus" 

Me: "Anyone else?"

Aden: "John the Bestest?

I guess I need to work on my pronunciation.

Afterwards, he and his naked brother worked on a paw patrol puzzle.