Aidan was sitting in time out on the love seat. After about twenty seconds he asked me:
"Are you ever going to let me get up at some point?"
Aidan, upon being kissed and cuddled up in his bed at bedtime when he didn't want to go:
"Waahhhh! I'm so sad! I'm the saddest kid. I'm sadder than you will ever know!"
Julia, my early riser, climbed into bed with me for a few minutes in the early morning hours. After awhile, Aidan joined us. They talked for a few minutes, and then this conversation ensued:
Julia: "Mom, I wish that I had that like Aidan... Well, I guess I shouldn't say that."
Mom: "What do you mean?"
Julia: "We aren't supposed to cub."
Mom: ?? "What are you cubbing?"
Julia: "Well, we aren't supposed to, so I guess I shouldn't talk about it, right?"
Mom(wanting to reinforce such good reasoning but very confused): "What does cub mean?"
Julia: "The Bible says we shouldn't cub other people's things, like their toys and stuff. And we shouldn't want to be like them, but just be happy with what we have."
Ooohhhhhhh!
Mom: "That's right! And that word is "covet" and that was a very good girl...etc, etc..."
Lucas says lots of interesting things, too. Lately, we've been working on the idea that just because something sounds right doesn't mean it's true. He's very good at giving us all information, but sometimes his information isn't quite correct. So we practice the idea of checking our information, both ideas that we want to pass on and ideas we get from others. Kinda takes the fun out of correcting others! (Which is kind of the point, in a way.)
