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Last Wednesday night as we were walking out of church, Soren saw a motorcycle in the parking lot and was making lots of comments about it. I said to Ivy, "I wonder whose that is?" Soren responded in all seriousness, "I think it's mine." As I set him in his car seat I said, "that's not yours." Again, as sincere as could be he says "Yes it is. Daddy, could you put my motorcycle in the back of the car please?"

Every night we say prayers together as a family as we all sit on one of the children's beds. Wednesday night afterwards as I was laying down next to Abigail, she asked if she could pray. I helped her through the prayer as she repeated it back in her own brand of broken English (not sure where she is from). After that she handed me her teddy bear and said "Teddy pray!" I replied, "Teddy doesn't need to pray." "Teddy pray!" she insisted. I told her that she could help him pray. Abigail set the teddy bear on her belly facing her, held both hands and said, "Dear Jesus, help me mommy obey, (SMACK), Amen!" The smack was Abigail slapping the teddy bear in the face. [FYI, we never strike the children in the face, only on the bottom or on the hand.]

I could write a book of the funny things Abigail says, only I can't understand what she is saying most of the time. She sure thinks it is funny though.

Cute Stories from Daddy

Saturday I was laying Abigail down for her nap and reading her a book. Soren was in the bed with us awaiting his turn and decided to listen to my heart. I asked Soren if he remembered why the heart beats. "It's punking blood." he replied. "And why does it pump blood" I asked? He didn't remember. I then expained the circulatory system again; air into the lungs, blood extracts the oxygen, heart pumps blood throughout the body. When I finished Soren said,"Theeee End...That was a good story".

Sunday morning I stayed home with Abigail because she was sick, while Ivy took "the boys" to church. When they arrived home I opened the front door as Soren walked towards the house from the truck. He looked at me and said, "Is Alyce at mine home?" (Alyce is the older woman in his life, by about two months) "No, she's not here today", I replied. Soren walked in the house, stopped and said, "I so disappointed".

Later on Sunday I was telling Soren and Abigail that we would have two ladies staying with us this week. They work with the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform which is a Pro-Life organization we have supported for many years. They are displaying the Genocide Awareness Project at UK in Lexington. Not to go into as much detail with the children as I did with the circulatory system, I simply told them that the two ladies are in town to help babies, so we are going to help them by giving them a place to sleep and eat. Soren said, "They are going to help the babies?" "Yes" I replied. He looked at me and said, "Are they Angels?"