Every night we set on the couch together and read Bible stories, say our prayers, and then head off to bed. We started this new bedtime routine shortly after our sleeping situation settled down. It's much simpler than reading to each child separately and leaving at least one or two unsupervised while settling the third into bed (since Spongebob doesn't count as supervision).
And it gives us time to spend as a family learning about the Lord.
When we started I got out the kids' Read With Me Bible. I wasn't sure where to start, so I started in Genesis. We got through creation with no problem, Eve being created from Adam's rib caused a little confusion, but the kicker was the fall of man. Baby Girl was very interested in the Fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. She was immediately concerned that she might accidentally eat the fruit and die. I tried to explain that the fruit wasn't something we needed to be concerned about and that Adam and Eve didn't die immediately.
I thought she had it all understood until tonight. Little BIL was here to watch fight night and the kids were climbing all over him when I said it was time for Bible stories. #1 Son immediately yelled, "We read the fruit one, Mommy?" Not tonight. Tonight we're reading about Jesus (we've read "the fruit one" about 5 times this week, but since we've moved into the New Testament, I'm trying not to regress). Baby Girl felt the need to explain it all to Little BIL. She piped in, "The Fruit gets you all naked and then kills you." Back to square one.
Other items of Biblical concern...Pharaoh: he's a bad guy and he might give us some trouble (#1 Son's biggest concern)..."Mommy, what is adultery?" as in "Thou shalt not commit...": Well, it means that since Daddy and I are married, Daddy can't have a girlfriend and I can't have a boyfriend...And finally, "Why did John the Baptist only eat grasshoppers?":uh...Still not sure on that one.
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She piped in, "The Fruit gets you all naked and then kills you." Back to square one.
LOL. Gotta love kids.
Oh how funny! Grasshoppers? And gotta watch out for that fruit. Have you taken her through the produce aisle since reading the "fruit one"?
Kids are so funny! Good job on explaining adultery...very quick thinking way to put it in words the kids would understand.
As for the grasshoppers... Ever heard of Hoppin' John? Up until today I thought it was a dish made with black-eyed peas!
Cate, LOL! Hopppin John! That's a riot!
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