Jesus Christ, Superstar

As is tradition in the Rowe household, every year during Lent leading up to Easter, we listen to the soundtrack from "Jesus Christ, Superstar."  The girls beg for it every time we're in the car, and various tracks have made it onto playlists that we listen to in the house. 

Recently, as we listened to the track "Pilate's Dream," Madeleine remarked on her vision of Pontius Pilate.

MADELEINE: I always picture Pontius Pilate kind of like Pilot Penny.
ME: Pilate Penny?  What do you mean?
MADELEINE: Like...Julia's Pilot Penny.
ME: What?
JULIA: Oh, yeah, Pilot Penny.
ME: Who's Pilot Penny?
MADELEINE: You know, she has, like, a blue helmet on her head?
ME: Are you talking about the Little People figure?  Pilot PAULA?
JULIA: Oh!  I thought it was Pilot Penny!
ME: It's Pilot Paula.
MADELEINE: Oh!  Then I picture Pontius Pilate like Pilot Paula.
ME: You know Pontius Pilate is not a pilot.  It's P-I-L-A-T-E.
JULIA: What?!?  It IS?!?
ME: You thought it was "Pilot" too?!?

I guess this is who Madeleine thought Pontius Pilate was:

Today, as we walked home from school, Madeleine told me she had a part from "Jesus Christ, Superstar" in her head.  After she sang it to me, I identified it.

ME: Oh, that's Pontius Pilate singing to Jesus.
MADELEINE: Yeah.  And Mommy.  This is how I picture Pontius Pilate: He's an average height man, and he has grayish-bluish eyes, and has peach skin that's a little bit tan, and has weird hair that's, like, smooth but wavy-ish too.  And he has a double chin and double cheeks, and his lips are only a tiny bit pink, and, like, they're also the color of his skin, and yet his hair color is dirty-blonde, sort of.

WOW.  She has SURE changed her vision from Pilot Paula. 

Too bad there was no photograpy back in the BC era.  Now we'll never know which of Madeleine's two mental images is more accurate.