On the way home from daycare yesterday, Evelyn got in the car and, most seriously, told Christy that Evelyn was calling the cops to arrest Jesus.
“Mommy, I’m gonna call the police to take care of Jesus,” she said.
“Huh?!” Christy replied.
“I’m gonna call those policemen to go take care of Jesus. I told him to make it sunshine and he made it rain. He didn’t listen so he needs to go to jail,” Evelyn responded matter of factly.
Christy tried not to laugh.
“Hello, Police?” Christy overheard Evelyn say after she pulled her play cell phone out of her Tinkerbell purse and press the buttons. “Yes, this is Evelyn Erickson. I need you to go take care of Jesus. He made it rain and I told him to make it sun shine. He needs to go to jail.”
Thank God Christy was able to keep it together long enough to get home without wrecking the car.
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Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, April 3rd at 8:56AM EST (link)Is your daughter becoming a Democrat!!!!
;^)
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Eric, this is a good way to start the day . . .
mailloux (Diary) Friday, April 3rd at 9:03AM EST (link)with a story such as this one. Moments like that are genuinely funny, touching, and a cogent reminder of the treasure that is family.
“Jesus Goes to Jail” reminds me of “God’s Doctor.” Our second son is just about 5 years old now; when he was about 2, he used to like to play with a toy doctor’s kit. He’d don the stethoscope and appear to be doctoring someone. I asked who it was he was helping out. He said it was God . . . that he was God’s doctor. For a time after that, we’d ask him, “Hey, whose doctor are you again?” The response was consistent, “I am God’s doctor.” That was pretty funny (when said by a 2 year old).
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I am sure the treatment brought joy to our Lord...
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, April 3rd at 9:07AM EST (link)I admit I just got a bit misty eyed when I read your comment….My daughter just turned one…I love reading all the stories you guys tell about your children and I can’t wait for Olivia (my daughter) to start saying and doing those little things that God blesses us with.
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Aaron, I'm certain this isn't news to you, but
mailloux (Diary) Friday, April 3rd at 9:34AM EST (link)I’ll say it all the same . . . you won’t be disappointed. Kids really do say the most startling and humorous things (or the darndest things, as the old TV show put it).
God Bless your family . . . you are so right to be eagerly anticipating the further treasures right under your own roof.
And, when it comes to kids, I think the old saying about potato chips well applies . . . you just can’t have one! Big families, IMHO, bring big happiness.
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Thanks Mailloux...
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, April 3rd at 9:48AM EST (link)God Bless your family as well…We definitely want to have a couple more before we are done. They add so much value to ones life….value that cannot be replaced by the trivial things of this world. I have trouble understanding anyone who has had children and doesn’t understand that.
Here is a pic of the family so far…
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Ooops...I thought I made the pic smaller....
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, April 3rd at 9:50AM EST (link)Anyhow that is from this last Sunday….Olivia’s first birthday!!
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What a beautiful picture!
penguin2 (Diary) Friday, April 3rd at 10:17AM EST (link)I love pictures of happy babies. She is a doll baby! Remembering funny, sweet things young ones say…My children once told their aunt that they “knew what job she would have in heaven,” she would be “cooking for Jesus.” You see, Jan is a great cook and loves cooking-not so much their mom!
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Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, April 3rd at 10:23AM EST (link)she is definitely a doll baby…makes you wanna just pinch her little bottom and eat her up!!
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penguin2, "Cooking for Jesus." Now that's . . .
mailloux (Diary) Friday, April 3rd at 10:25AM EST (link)good work if you can get it! And there’s theological truth there as well. The risen Christ did break bread and eat fish with the apostles. It’s yet another example of truth from the mouths of babes.
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Aaron, A very happy birthday . . .
mailloux (Diary) Friday, April 3rd at 10:04AM EST (link)to your daughter! And, what a beautiful family. Thanks for sharing the picture.
I’m not the most tech savvy fellow, but my wife helped upload a photo of a Lite-Bright birthday cake for Moe Lane the other day (this had to do with that whole earth hour business, which happened also to be Moe’s birthday). She also uploaded a picture of the little artists who made the cake. Moe was very kind to post not only the Lite-Bright cake, but the picture of the kids as well. Here’s the link for a picture of our little clan: http://www.redstate.com/redhot/2009/03/28/a-very-flattering-birthday-present-earth-hour-response/
Unfortunately, my wife was the one taking the picture and therefore isn’t in the photo (and believe me, she’s the photogenic one!). God’s doctor is on the far left.
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Mailloux, I saw that pic when Moe posted it...
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, April 3rd at 10:21AM EST (link)Beautiful family.
for uploading and sharing pics I use photobucket , there you can upload and edit and then it provides the code to embed with the html code or the img code, depending on the type of site you are posting to….I use the html code for RS. You should check it out…really easy and user friendly.
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Aaron, thanks for the tips . . .
mailloux (Diary) Friday, April 3rd at 11:08AM EST (link)I really do have to join the modern world some time . . . at least enough to accomplish some of the tech basics!
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mom2oneson (Diary) Friday, April 3rd at 11:13AM EST (link)Your children are so adorable! You have a beautiful family.
mom2oneson, Thank You!
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mom2oneson (Diary) Friday, April 3rd at 11:07AM EST (link)You have a beautiful wife and daughter!
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This reminds me of my daughter when she was 2 years old.
Vaughn Harold (Diary) Friday, April 3rd at 9:27AM EST (link)She was asked the question “What is the biggest word you know?” by a lady friend of ours while out shopping one day. As she thought for a moment she replied back with “God” is the biggest word I know.
How simple the world is from a child’s perspective!
Harold, That is one of the best examples of . . .
mailloux (Diary) Friday, April 3rd at 9:38AM EST (link)truth from the mouths of babes.
I plan, if you don’t mind, to ask that very question to my 9th and 10th grade catechism students. There is an entire theology lesson both in the question and the answer!
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I don't mind at all.
Vaughn Harold (Diary) Friday, April 3rd at 9:56AM EST (link)Every time I am reminded of the story I can’t help but stop and reflect for a while about how great & good our God really is. I hope your students will enjoy the lesson and that the question/answer will become as much apart of them as it has to me. I still haven’t gotten over the height, depth, & breadth of the answer to this day, and I never shall.
too cute Erick! :) nt
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Alitheia (Diary) Saturday, April 4th at 1:45AM EST (link)It’s not Hamas propaganda. It is a debate on which tactics will get my Israel to peace and security. I would rather not have blood on my hands, so I’m willing to cede extra land to satisfy and blunt their bloodthirst. I made it clear that if these extraordinary and borderline-delusional ideas of mine failed, I would be willing to go the other route. In that case, I would cede the point to you guys.
It is not self loathing, I have no problem being Jewish, and to say that my ideas are Hamas propaganda is plain mean.
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By closing comments (which is a rare occurrence at RedState) Erick said that the conversation was over. Neil banned you because you ignored the house rules and tried to start up the conversatoin again.
You’ve had worthwhile things to say at times, but you’ve got to remember that there are boundaries – and that when the owners speak,we all obey.
And the fact that you’re being invited to apply for reinstatement indicates that the intent is to discipline you for behavior, not to ban your views (at least not yet).
Your call as to whether you want to come back. But I thought I’d give you some more context from my observer seat.
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