The Three Little Pigs

I just read The Three Little Pigs to Andrew and Evan before rest time. It was the Paul Galdone version where the wolf eats the pigs and then the last pig eats the wolf. After the story, Andrew said, "It's sad because his brothers are dead. And, he [the pig with the brick house] kind of ate them because they were in the wolf's tummy." In all my years of reading the story, I never thought about it like that!

That's a Good Question

Evan and I were just talking about how a Mommy is the person who gives birth to a baby. Evan told me that I gave birth to him, Nathan, Andrew, Evan and Daddy. We talked about how I didn't give birth to Daddy. I said that Nai-Nai gave birth to Daddy because she is his Mommy.

Evan then asked, "Then why is Daddy big and Nai-Nai and Yie-Yie are small?"

Hard Conversations

A few days ago at dinner, we were talking about a woman at church who was in a car accident. We were telling the kids that we need to pray for her recovery. Because of things that happened with my Dad, the kids associated being in the hospital with dying. We had to explain that just because she was in the hospital, it didn't mean that she was going to die. We were also able to talk more about heaven and the joy we will experience there.

Andrew then said, "I hope that when you and Dad die, I am old and already have a wife and kids. Because if you died now, there would be no one to take care of us."

Before I could respond, Nathan said, "Yeah. We'd have to go to an orphanage or something."

We were able to have a conversation about how we love them and have made plans for them if that were to occur. And, we were able to reassure them that the chances of that happening are very small. It wasn't something that we had ever thought about talking about, but apparently they needed to know.

Andrew Is Planning His Wedding

A few days ago, out of the blue, Andrew told me, "I hope that Becca picks you to be a bridesmaid. I'm going to pick Dad." Maybe I should give Becca (age 15) a heads up!

Nathan's Charge

As I was saying goodbye to Nathan and Andrew this morning before they left for school, Nathan responded with "Keep the children safe!" Thanks for the reminder, Nathan.