So the other day, when Connor and I had just finished "Kroger-ing" (well we would have gone to Walmart but he said he wanted to go where the cars were on the carts--I am such a softy), I let him ride on the 1 cent fire truck. Mostly he's just scared of the noise, but he insists on sitting on it and gripping the edges for dear life...though that day, to his credit, he did actually reach out for the wheel. When the ride finished, he said he wanted to ride the horsey next to it. I told him we would save the horsey for another day, and he said, "Ride horsey Sunday?" Sunday is the only day of the week he knows, because that's when he gets to go to nursery with cousin Elsie. So I tried to figure out how to tell a barely two year-old about keeping the sabbath day holy, and the best I could come up with was, "We don't come to Kroger on Sundays because that makes Jesus sad." He got this really concerned look on his face, and said, "Jesus sad...Jesus sad.." and kept repeating it over and over like it was really bothering him. So we walked out to the van and I strapped him into his seat and started to back up, and he got quiet for a minute. Then all of the sudden he said in sweet, soft voice, "Jesus sad. Hold him. Love him." I seriously don't think that boy could be any cuter. I told him how nice he was, and that we love Jesus and Jesus loves us. Now that is what he tells every new person we see, "Jesus loves us!", like it is the best news he's ever heard. And so it should be.
p.s. We decided to go with the giraffe costume. He has a new thing with giraffes--with the zoo giraffes, the giraffe from the carousel (see picture below), and the wooden toy giraffe Grandpa brought back from one of the Europe trips. I'm sure some pictures of it will show up here soon.
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What a sweet, smart boy! (Now that Connor is settled to be a giraffe, what are you and Adam going to be??) :-D
that is so sweet, I think I would have just melted into a puddle hearing that!
What a sweet boy!! I love that. They just soak up so much don't they.
That is very sweet! I love giraffes too! Can't wait to see Connor in his costume!
I'm thinking of going as an exhausted mom...I already have a great costume. Adam is going to be in Arkansas for business the weekend of Halloween...very sad. But we're going to the zoo trick-or-treat this weekend, so he'll get to see Connor a bit in action.
can i hire you to come teach my kids some gospel principles Kristen? John tries and Ava sits and attempts to act interested and NAthan just jumps all over the couch and pretends he has no idea what reverent means (although we've had 10 lessons on it.)
I'll have to post a picture of our halloween costumes soon. I found these awesome giraffe heads at the thrift store so that's what John and I are gonna be and the kids are something AFrican animal ish. Nathan is a lion, Lias is a hippo and AVa can't make up her mind.
Yes, what a sweet boy and good mama! I have taught nursery most of my married life and could have sworn that the kids get very little from the lesson. But Carter went to one class and came home talking all about Jesus. It's nice to know they are listening, even when we don't think they are. A giraffe sounds great and I love your costume!
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