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. :)

Pledge of Allegiance

When I Grow Up...

For quite some time now, Christopher's been stating the following:

"When I grow up, I might want to be a firefighter and then a plumber!"

He's pretty set on at least the firefighter part, too. He gets really excited whenever the fire engines come by our house and HAS to watch them go by. He LOVES any kind of fire truck book! And, he has LOTS of his own fire trucks. However, I don't know where the plumber part fits in. We've had a plumber to our house twice that I can remember since C's been born. I think he just tacks it on at the end for the heck of it. *shrug*

P.S. I don't remember if I've noted this before, but another funny quote from Christopher from a few months ago:

We were driving by the local college campus and saw a college student twirling one of those huge signs advertising one of the bookstores. I kinda giggled when the guy dropped the sign because...well...he just plain looked goofy! Christopher said, "Mama, I don't think that's funny. I might want to do that when I'm big some day."

That still cracks me up!