L1 (4yrs): L2 is a dinosaur! He’s going to eat us! AHHHHHHHH!
L2 (3yrs): I’m not going to eat you. I don’t have dinosaur teeth. I just have regular teeth – see?
Pretending Church
L1 (4yrs) wanted us to play church tonight. He decided that Mr. A was on the stage, so Mr. A needed to pull out his guitar and sing songs while L1 accompanied him on the xylophone. “The Love Never Fails song,” he said. So we did. Then L1 announced that he was Pastor Bobby and it was time to talk now. We asked him what he was going to talk about.
Rough transcript (since he didn’t provide us with sermon notes):
“I’m going to talk about worship and obedience and being thankful and God and Jesus. The first thing to talk about is being grateful. What are you thankful for?”
<He waited for a response. I said I was grateful for boys who liked to worship God.>
Oh, he responded with a big grin on his face. You make me very happy! Come up here! <beckons with hand> Come up here! That’s a good answer. Give me a high five! You did a good job! <We exchanged high fives and I sat back down.> It’s good to be thankful. We should always say thank you and people should say “you’re welcome” and when people say “thank you,” we should say “you’re welcome.” Okay – now it’s time to sing another song. Let’s sing Jesus Loves Me again.
And so we did. And then it was bedtime.
And they all lived happily ever after.
In the Bible
L2 (3yrs): Mommy, do you want to hear what God says in the Bible?
Me: Sure!
L2 (pulling out a find it page): The A says aaaaaa. The B says buh-buh-buh-buh. The C says cccc. The D says dddd…
Advice on dinosaurs
L2 (3yrs): Mommy, don’t sit on a dinosaur because it will hurt you and bite you!
Seeing campsites
L2 (3yrs) (looking out at the open pasture along the interstate): “I think that would be a good campsite over there. We should come back and go to that campsite sometime. But…I don’t think that campsite has a picnic table.”
Of letters, numbers, and trains…
Me: N-n-n-nine. Do you know what letter the word “nine” starts with?
L2 (3yrs): The train car Percy!
Fwiw, Percy is actually number 6.
How many?
L1: I am four and he is three. Are you guys almost to 100?
Like a Tree
L1 (4yr) was coming downstairs after having just seen his post-bath hair (sticking up!) in the mirror.
L1: Daddy! I look like a tree! God made me to look like a tree! It says so –Psalm 1!
Evolution of a Doggy Name
L2’s faithful stuffed companion has gone through several name changes in its short 3yr life. He started out as just “doggy” and continues to gather new names.
L1 (4yr) to L2 today about the animal’s names: “Is he Clifford-the-Baby-Harry-the-Dog-Snoopy?”
L2: YES!
Birthday Delights
L2 was turning three and got a birthday voicemail from an aunt, uncle, and cousins out of state. He listened intently as I played him the voicemail of a Happy Birthday song and his aunt specifically telling him happy birthday.
L2: Who is that?
Me: It’s Aunt ____ and Uncle ____ and your cousins – ___, ___, ___.
L2: OH! I love those people!