Meow!

I put the boys to bed around 8:00 and then played Rock Band with a friend for a while. When we were putting everything away (around 11:00) we kept hearing the cat meowing but couldn't find him. We searched the whole house but kept coming back to the kitchen where the meow was loudest and where Little Man had been playing before bed. We opened every cupboard and still no cat...until I opened the freezer!

So this morning when we asked Little Man what happened he had a huge grin on his face and said that Leo (the cat) must have reached his paw up and pulled the door open. When we told him that Leo can't do that he grinned again and said, "It's a big mystery!" I had to leave the room before I burst out laughing!

Oh! In case you were wondering, the cat survived without any harm.

Love Your Neighbor

Bubby knows some kids who aren't very nice to each other and wants to invite them to church so they can learn to love each other like Jesus says. =)

Listening to the Lord

Little Man is not getting his way in the game of rough-housing and scolds his Daddy, "You're not listening to the Lord! The Lord wants you to listen to Him!" He continues: "God can see what you are doing!"

Daddy: "What is it that God can see me doing?"

Little Man: "Pushing and pinching and stuff"

Daddy: "Does God see you kicking me?"

Little Man: "God told me to do that. That's your punishment" (I bust up laughing) "No laughing!"

Lost & Found

Been missing a Wii remote since Sunday. Today, Thursday, Little Man wanted to play a game with Daddy.

Daddy: We can't play that game. We only have one remote.

Little Man: Oh. Then he gets up, walks out the back door, digs in the pocket of his little lawn chair, and walks back in with the remote.

Daddy: Why didn't you tell us where it was when we asked you?

Little Man: I forgot where I put it.

Analogies from a 6-yr old

Bubby was eating a bowl of mac & cheese mixed with peas and told me he wanted to show me something. I walked over and he said, "Pretend the macaroni is the loaves..." and he counted out five noodles onto his spoon, "and the peas are the fish," and he counted out two peas onto his spoon. Then he picked up his spoon and said, "Jesus took these," and held out his spoon, "and turned them into this!" and dumped his spoon into his bowl full of noodles and peas. "And then the people ate it all up!"

Another Deep Question

We were driving down the road and Bubby, 5, asked, "Why did God make Adam and Eve eat the apple?"

We chuckled and said, "No, God didn't make them eat the apple, they chose to eat the apple."

"But God knew they were going to eat the apple. That doesn't sound like a choice to me." (I know, deep thoughts for a 5 year old!)

After we recovered from shock, Hubby answered, "Think of it like this: Your brother, Little Man, loves cookies, right? And if we leave cookies sitting out he's going to sneak one, right? Well, just because we know he is going to sneak a cookie doesn't mean we make him do it. He still has the choice to do the right thing or sneak a cookie."

Little Man then jumped in, "I would never sneak a cookie, ever!"

When I grow up...

Something Little Man, 3, said to me the other day:

Mama, if you let me sneak food, when I'm a grown up and you are a kid I will give you chocolate!