Important Things about Jesus (to a 3 year old)

Ryan bent down and picked up a plastic coin from the floor. Holding it up to me he said, "Is this mine?"
I replied, "Yes, it is." Then he told me he was going to hold it and bring it to Sunday school and put it in the bag. This coupled with the necklace he was wearing after Sunday school last week that said "I can worship God by giving" led me to think he wanted to give his money to the church. How sweet. I said, "Oh, you want to give your money at church for Jesus?"
He said "Yes."
I told him, "That is not a real coin, but I think it is wonderful that you want to give your money to the church for Jesus. Maybe we can get some money from your bank and give it to Jesus."
"Yes," he said as if his mind were already somewhere else. "Where is Jesus?" How do you answer that for a three year old?
I went with "Jesus is everywhere, but He lives in Heaven with God."
To which he replies, "Oh. Does Jesus have Humbers[Hummers] to go on the roads?"
Holding back my laughter, "I don't think Jesus has Hummers. He liked to walk."
Ryan, knowing how wise and cool Jesus was/is, disagrees, "I think Jesus does have Humbers."

So much to blog so little time!

I have some back-blogging to do, so be on the lookout for posts before this one until I catch up! I'll start with Ryan's birthday on Saturday and work my way up to the orchard yesterday.

Ryan's 3rd Birthday Party

We had so much fun at Ryan's party. Of course the theme was Cars because he is obsessed with anything with wheels and he especially loved the movie Cars. Half of the invited guests couldn't make it, but Friend Ben and Emily did come and Ryan enjoyed his buds. We played with cars and ate some english muffin pizzas and some snacks...

We enjoyed a little Rim Toss. Emily especially liked this game, but she didn't especially like standing behind the "line"
;-)

The kiddies made some graham cracker cars with yummy treats and pretzel wheels. Ben really liked the hershey bar windows. You might notice his car is windowless;-)

Ryan blew out the candles and we ate some cake.

Ryan opened his gifts and the kids played semi-nicely together with Ryan's loot. I guess you can't expect too much sharing from a toddler with his brand new toys.

It's Happening So Fast

My babies are growing up so fast! Lily is getting around better and faster now. She doesn't usually crawl though. She kind of ambles about in a bear walk. Every once in a while she will drop down to her knees and rock, but she usually gets back up on her feet when she wants to move. I've never seen another baby get around quite like her. She is making more sounds now. 'Ah-ba' and 'da-da' are her newest conversational pieces. Ryan is also increasing his repertoire. He speaks very well though he is still learning grammar. He has also has finally taken an interest in drawing. He is quite proud of his ability to draw circles and triangles. The biggest change of all and what is hardest for me to deal with is the big boy gymnastics. Next week he starts his new class. The class where he goes in alone- without me- all by himself. It makes me nervous. I wonder if he will behave, if he will listen and understand the directions and if he will be scared without me. He seems excited at the idea now, but we will see how it goes when it comes time for him to actually go in by himself. Hopefully I'll be able to hide my own apprehension! There has been something to love about every age and stage so far. I'm sure that won't end just because they need me less.

Here is a picture of my big kids at 6 months and 3 years old.

Oh My!

I turned my back to cut an apple for Ryan and look what I saw when I turned back! I think it is so adorable how visibly proud she is of herself :-)

My children amaze me every day! Like a few days ago when Zach's friend came to the door. Ryan answered it. He opened the door and said, "Hello Aaron. How are you today?" I didn't hear the other end of the conversation, but there was a pause and Ryan said, "No, Zach can't play he is visiting Grandmommy today." Now I've never thought to teach my 3 year old how to answer the door, but he seems to have picked up some very nice manners somewhere.