Ayden

Ayden...on our way home from school yesterday we discussed your day as usual. I love hearing about the fun things you do at school and mostly the bible stories that you tell me. Well yesterday, you once again amazed me with your strong perception and witt. You started telling me about something that happened during bible time. So I stated "You really enjoy bible time at school don't you?" You replied..."Not really." This was not what I was expecting to hear since we are always talking about a lesson from that day or week so out of curiosity I asked "why." You replied "Because it is so sad." "why is it sad," I asked. You said "because Jesus was put on that cross and beaten." I knew this was coming from the Live nativity sceen we had visited the weekend before when you comforted Ally Brynn and told her not to be scared during the crucifiction sceen. I told you that what you had seen the weekend before was not real but that they were showing us what really happened along time ago. I also explained that becuase Jesus died on that cross, we would be able to one day go to heaven and live with Jesus and his daddy God. Ayden, you quickly responded with "God is not Jesus' father. I was really surprised with this response because we have talked about Jesus and his father God sooo many times so I said "yes, God is Jesus' daddy." You said "NO, Joseph is Jesus' daddy." I was speechless! This was one of those moments where I really had to back up and think of how to explain this simply to a 5 year old. While I was thinking you said "Did Joseph turn into God when he got older?" I said no that Joseph AND God were Jesus' fathers. You were fine with this answer. Sweeeew! I think that trying to explain heavenly father versus earthly father would be a little out of his realm right now. Ha Ha. I wanted to remember this conversation and how amazing my little man is. Bring on the rest of the questions....