Kid's say the funniest things!

  Recently, Mikayla have been saying and doing the funniest things.  I've told a few stories to people, and they have all encouraged me to write them down.  Well, I have severely neglected this blog, but it's still here so I figured this is as good a place as any to store these memories.

  About a week ago, the girls and I were driving in to Dover to meet Kristi and Peyton at Chick Fil A.  On the trip, Calli was sitting quietly (like usual) and Mikayla was chattering away (also like usual).  Mikayla was pointing out things to Calli and telling her what they were.  She pointed out houses, horses, buggies, other cars, cows and anything she saw.  As we neared Dover, we passed a large Pentecostal church.  She pointed to the huge building and said, "And Calli, that is jail."  What?!  I quickly told her it was a church, not jail.  She agreed and we moved on.  As we continued driving, I started to get a really big laugh out of that.  We don't really talk about jail, so my first question was where in the world did she get that idea.  Then, while relaying the story to Matt, he reminded me that when Mikayla gives us a hard time about buckling her seat belt (which is VERY seldom), we tell her she has to be buckled or the police man will put Mommy and/or Daddy in jail.  It's not a regular conversation though.  Too funny!

  Later that morning, as we were heading home from Chick Fil A, we were singing her song for the church Christmas program.  She is learning "Away in a Manger".  As we got to the end of the first verse where the song says "...asleep on the hay", she promptly said, "Wait a minute, wait a minute."  "Why in the world was Jesus sleeping on the hay?  Didn't He have a bed?"  I explained why Jesus was not in a bed and why his Mommy and Daddy had to sleep in a barn.  I also told her there were no beds in the barn so Jesus' Mommy had to lay him down where the animals ate the hay.  She replied, "Jesus had to sleep in a bucket?!"  I explained it was called a manger, but she sees animals eating out of a bucket here on our farm, so that's what she automatically thought.

  It was great to explain why Jesus had to sleep in a barn to my 4 year old who started asking questions all on her own!  Songs really do teach!  I am looking forward to many more questions as time goes on.