Just in case one dinner conversation with Jonah is not enough for one night...
We were reading our Advent devotional at dinner tonight (which may be just slightly over the kids heads). Joel was doing his best to explain what he was reading when the words "injustice" and "crime" came up. (It had something to do with peace on earth. Really. It all did make sense eventually.) Joel asked the kids if they understood what a crime was and when it was clear they did not he told them that it was like breaking the rules and not doing things that are nice to other people or their things. Jonah chimed in with his list of crimes:
"Like stealing balls. Or stealing dogs. Kicking. Hitting. Fighting. Or like pushing people over."
After we got that all sorted out we talked about how we can be nice and show love to each other. Annie said she would share her toys with Jonah, let him sleep in her bed and help him. This was Jonah's run-on sentence of nice things he would do:
"Give frogs to Annie and snakes. Write a letter. Play with her and do somersaults on the couch and love Annie and give her hugs and jump on her bed."
Only 23 more Advent devotions to go. Stay tuned.
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Hilarious! We just had our first Advent reading last night... but Joy was a little too young for such interactions. Oh the things we have ahead of us! :)
Loved the story. Kids are so great, such innocent, literal understandings! Good job guys!! I'm still laughing. Leave it to Jonah!! Will be waiting for the next devotional explanation!!
Love to you all,
Mom
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