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Egg Rolls

Overheard tonight at the dinner table, whilst eating Chinese take-out...

Daddy: You know why they're called egg rolls right? The cooks roll eggs down a hill and then when they get to the bottom they look like that.

(Pause as Grandma and Mommy give Aidan the "he's crazy" look)

Aidan: No, that's not how they do it. You have to cook them after they roll down the hill!

Pro Pitcher

Aidan has picked up the man scratch now at home and in public. This weekend, I (C) was playing baseball with the boys in the backyard. Between pitches Aidan would scratch himself and I (for the 100th time) told him to stop it. He replied, "Daddy, I'm a pitcher. When I do that, it means I am ready to pitch."

Bible + Bed Time

Tonight at bedtime we finished one of our three favorite kids' Bibles, The Step-by-Step Bible. Like any good evangelical kids' Bible it includes a summary page and closes with an invitation to ask Jesus to take away your sins.

The third to last paragraph talks about how Jesus was the promised Messiah for Israel to take away their sins. Davis asks, "Why does God take away our sins?" I explain to Davis that unless God takes away our sins we can't be with God in heaven or live with Him on earth. "Oh," Davis replies.

The next paragraph talked about Jesus' life, death and resurrection and how he has sent his Holy Spirit to guide us. Davis asks, "Why does he guide us?" I explain that we need his help and guidance to live with God and please him and that the Holy Spirit does this by living inside of us.

Davis: "Does he live in our stomachs?"

Daddy: "No, he lives in our hearts, but not..."

Aidan (interrupting): "Yeah, he lives right here." (Pointing to the upper left side of his chest)

Davis (With his shirt now pulled up and pointing to the base of his neck below his adam's apple): "Does he live here?"

Daddy: "No, he doesn't live in our bodies, he lives in your spiritual heart, your, ah, soul."

Davis: "Where is our soul?"

Daddy: "It's inside you. You can't see it."

Aidan: "I can see it."

Daddy: "No one can see their soul."

Aidan: "I can. If I cut myself open right here." (Again pointing to his chest)

Daddy: "No, you can't cut yourself open and see your soul."

Davis (Still with his shirt pulled up): "What if I cut here?" (Pointing somewhere between his neck and stomach)

Daddy: "Nope. You can't cut anywhere and see your soul. It's spiritual and so is the Holy Spirit."

Aidan: "What if I cut my adam's apple open?"

Daddy (Now sensing that this conversation is starting to drift from its original location): "Let's get back to the Bible."

A Couple More...

Last night at bedtime...

Dad: "Hey guys, remember that prayer time is not play time is it?"

Boys: "No."

Pause.

Davis punches Dad in the mouth whilst grinning from ear to ear.

Later...

Aidan: "I don't believe in God."

Dad: "Why not?"
Aidan: "I can't see him."

Dad: "He's real, even though we can't see him. He is Spirit."

Aidan: "Oh, you mean he's the clouds?"

Dad: "No, he's bigger than the clouds, he made the clouds and everything else in the sky."

Aidan: "Where is God?"

Dad: "Well... he's everywhere because he is Spirit."

Aidan (pointing up): "Is he up there?"

Dad: "He's higher than the sky."

Aidan: "Is he in outer space?"
Dad: "Well... he's higher than outer space. Heaven is not on earth, in the sky or outerspace."

Aidan: "Oh, then I don't want to go to heaven."

Dad: "Why?"

Aidan: "To get to heaven I would have to go through outer space and I don't want to go through outer space."

Dad: "Why?"

Aidan: "Aliens."

Jaron Has Arrived

Jaron Ryan Isaiah

Born: Saturday, April 11, 2009 at 5:18pm
Weight: 8 pounds, 11 ounces
Length: 22in
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue

Jaron as in Aaron
Ryan as in Uncle Ryan
Isaiah as in the OT prophet who was undone by his encounter with a holy God, cleansed of his filthiness and cried out, "Here am I, Lord, send me!"