Conversations with Aaron

I'm constantly amazed at what goes through the mind of my 3 year old. Today we had quite a conversation at lunch. He wanted to pray in his head, which is fine; I let him. Then he went on to ask me why he doesn't learn about God in his Sunday School. Our conversation went like this:
Mommy: Who do you learn about in Sunday School then?
Aaron: We learn about other people. You know, like Daniel, Moses...
Mommy: Well, by learning about Daniel and Moses, you can learn how to trust God like they did.
Aaron: Did Daniel kill Goliath?
Mommy: No, David killed Goliath.
Aaron: Oh yeah. We have a David in my school. Did he kill Goliath?
I went on to explain that the David in his class is not the David that's in the Bible, who killed Goliath. Then he asked me if God can hear us talking to each other. I said yes, and He knows what you are going to say before you do! Then Aaron said, "That's interesting." To hear him say that long word was cute.

Aaron's word of the week is "beauties." He'll say, "I want to play with these beauties." He'll be refering to little sponge tablets that turn into spongy animals when placed in water. He also refers to lite brite pegs as beauties. "I need to pick all of these beauties up!" I don't know where he came up with that! Do I say that? I don't think I do! :)

Last night Braylen started his soccer season. Could we have a spring soccer season that wasn't so much like winter? Wow, we froze out there on that field. Braylen scored his first goal of the season, which also happened to be his team's only goal of the game. Nevertheless, he was happy and we had fun cheering for him. Kaleb is just itching to get out there and play. He'll get his chance on Saturday. Aaron fell asleep on the way to the game and Daddy stayed in the van with him until halftime. Then they blew across the field to where we were sitting.

Kaleb came home yesterday with news that he'd been sent to the principal's office at lunch recess. This is a first for our family! He said he and 2 other friends were punching each other in the stomach for fun, but they all got sent to the office. He had to sit in the library and write, "I will keep my hands to myself at recess." I had a hard time not laughing. When I told Derek about at, I didn't try to stop from laughing. :)

Kaleb's always had a sensitive nose, but the other day I realized just how sensitive. Our neighbor Jean came over to talk for a few minutes. She is 80 years old and just a great lady. When she left, Kaleb went to his room to work on a project. I was so impressed! He took initiative and found something to do on his own! Then he started hanging up his creations on the outside of our front and garage doors. It was then that I began to get suspicious. He had written "No Jean" and circled it and put a line through it. When I asked him why he didn't want Jean in our house, he said, "If she's in here, our house won't smell like our house anymore." Talk about keeping a straight face--I had to leave the room and go get my giggles out before telling Kaleb that isn't a very nice thing to do. What if Jean had seen the signs? How would that make her feel? Thank goodness he didn't say anything while Jean was in here talking with me. I guess I should be grateful he put his thoughts on paper and taped them to the outside of our house!

One more thing. When Kaleb saw his Aunt Pam for the first time since Sadie's birth, he stopped dead in his tracks. I knew what was coming. I just didn't think he'd be so blunt. He said, "Why are you still fat?" Oh boy, how thankful I am for an understanding and gracious sister-in-law! After all that she's been through to have that baby, she sure does not need her 6 year old nephew sizing her up like that. Thank you Pam for being so forgiving!!! :) Needless to say, we have a lot of work to do with Kaleb in the days ahead.