Achievements

Here were Christopher's achievements yesterday:

(1) He locked us out of the house. Thankfully, we'd both just gone potty and were playing in the backyard. Plus, Shad was on his way home from work. Oh, and I keep spare keys outside the house, so we weren't *really* locked out. But, it was the first time that he's locked the door with us outside.

(2) He climbed the chain-link fence between our yard and our neighbor's. I mean, he's put his feet in and stood at the bottom before, but never climbed to the top! Here's a picture:



I snapped this picture with my cell phone and then made him get down. We'll see what kind of future he has with fence climbing. If he takes after his Mama, he'll be a little monkey! Oh boy!

The World of Why's and Other Questions

That's the stage we're officially in right now!!! UFF DA!!! He actually started approximately a month ago, so I've been dealing with it a little while now. It was okay for...oh...about the first day! I try my hardest to be patient since I KNOW it's his way of learning about the world and everything in it. It's sure not easy, though, when it can be question after question for literally 20 or 30 minutes straight! What irritates me most is when he asks the same question even though we've already answered it. Or, he asks a question that we KNOW he knows the answer to already. I think he's just being silly at those times.

That being said, my favorite questions to answer are the ones about God, Jesus and Heaven. I'm constantly amazed at how he thinks! Seeing life from the perspective of a 3-year old is really very neat! We've already had some important first conversations due to his questioning. I don't believe he's anywhere near being capable of accepting Jesus yet, but the seed's been planted! Well, I guess technically, it was planted from the time he was born since that's how long he's been hearing about Jesus. But for him to actually start asking his own questions is really, really exciting!

So, on the days when he asks the same redundant or silly questions, I just have to try to remind myself to be patient with him and be ready for the really important ones that come around occasionally. :)