July 29, 2006 @ 6:55 pm | Filed under: Family

Carter and Kendall spent the day with us, so our Saturday was full of smiles that only a two-year-old can inspire and conversations that only a four-year-old can instigate. (This is a pic of the kiddos riding the train at the mall.)

Just before they left with Pops tonight to meet up with their dad, Carter and I discussed the day.

"Did you enjoy our day, Carter?" I hugged him tight and tapped the brim of his baseball cap. "We did a lot, didn’t we?"

I, of course, was thinking about the hour spent on the playground, lunch at Chick-fil-A, the train ride, and an impromtu visit at Grandmom and Grandad’s house.

"Yeah," he nodded and seemed to agree with me. "But…Jordan was my favorite part."

Forget Kids Meal toys, brightly-colored train cars, and trips to the Dollar Store for…whatever you want on the toy aisle!

Who wants those things when you have a teen-age uncle that gets on the floor and acts crazy with you!

Gotta love that.

Don’t you love the way a child thinks? The way they form thoughts, and then opinions, on the world around them. Here’s some funny things that only a kid can say!

• 3-year-old, Reese:  "Our Father, Who does art in Heaven, Harold is His name.  A-men."
• A little boy was overheard praying: "Lord, if you can’t make me a better
  boy, don’t worry about it.  I’m having a real good time like I am."
• A Sunday school class was studying the Ten Commandments. They were ready to discuss the last one. The teacher asked if anyone could tell her what it was.  Susie raised her hand, stood tall, and quoted, "Thou shall not take the covers off the neighbor’s wife."
• After the christening of his baby brother in church, Jason sobbed all the
  way home in the back seat of the car.  His father asked him three times
  what was wrong. Finally, the boy replied, "That preacher said he wanted us
  brought up in a Christian home, and I wanted to stay with you guys."
• A mother had been teaching her three-year old daughter, Caitlin, the Lord’s
  Prayer for several evenings at bedtime. Caitlin would repeat after her mother the lines
  from the prayer. Finally, Caitlin decided to go solo.  The mother listened with pride as
  she carefully enunciated each word right up to the end of the prayer:
  "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us some E-mail.  A-men."
• A Sunday school teacher asked her children, as they were on the way to
  church service, "And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?"  One
  bright little girl replied, "Because people are sleeping."
• Six-year-old Angie and her four-year-old brother Joel were sitting
  together in church. Joel giggled, sang, and talked out loud.  Finally, his
  big sister had had enough. You’re not supposed to talk out loud in church."
  "Why? Who’s going to stop me?" Joel asked.  Angie pointed to the back of
  the church and said, "See those two men standing by the door?  They’re
  hushers."
• A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin, 5, Ryan 3.  The boys
  began to argue over who would get the first pancake.  Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson. "If Jesus were sitting here, He would say,
  ‘Let my brother have the first pancake, I can wait.’"  Kevin turned to his
  younger brother and said, "Ryan, you be Jesus!"