Funny things Josiah says Part !

If you follow my facebook, you've probably read a few of the things my newly 3-year old says.  I took a little time to write a few of them down but wanted to make sure I keep better track of it.  The innocence of a child is so precious.  The constant need for a child to know the answers to "Why?", "How come?" and need to ask numerous questions is all a part of learning and a part of their development.  David and I make it a point to always answer those questions honestly.  This has been a challenge at times but as David says, it will be worth it in the end when he realizes that we always told him the truth, never lied to him --even when it hurt.  (hoping we don't have to answer some tough questions in the near future) 


With that, here are a few of his most recent sayings:
July 2011/26 months - me: Josiah, where did you get your intelligence from? mami or 
                                   papi?"
                                   Josiah: "God"\


January 2012/31 mos - So David and I were trying to figure out the cause of Daniels whining when
                                                Josiah holds his arms out and says "I think he wants me!!!" :) #precious


June 2012/37 months - while walking through a park we see a lady wearing a hijab "head
                                    scarf typical in Muslim culture" and Josiah points to her and states 
                                    "Mami, it's Mary!!"


                                   - David and I listening through the sound monitor to my 3-year old saying "Jesus,
                                               will you help me not be scared?" (as he lays in his bed) #melts #my #heart #prayer


                                                 - Mami, are you my best friend?   (me: of course I am), Josiah "no, but i'm your
                                                 little boy" 


July 2012//38 months - Josiah " Papi, did you kill Goliath?"
                                    David "".....this is the perfect opportunity to take credit like many
                                    fathers do (looking at me)......(turns to Josiah), no, Josiah, I did not kill 
                                    Goliath, that was another David"
                                    ...then David proceeded to remind Josiah about the story of David's love
                                    for God :) #saturdays #familydinner #conversation

It is early July and as tthe boys lay aslseep in their beds I reminisce on how fast this year has flown by.
Daniel will be turning 1 year old in just a few days, I remember walking at this time,,walking everywhere hoping to induce labor...tomorrow marks what would have been my due date, July 7th, or shall I say a year since.....how I remember those days walking in the heat along the rail trail just a mile from my house.

Also, 6 years ago this week, I met my husband......there was a Firework show tonite in Nutter Fort, WV where we were at for a worship-prayer night.  As David was leading in worship, I stood upstairs with the boys who were getting very tired...we had the perfect view from teh church 2nd floor window of a huge firework show that the city of Nutter Fort was putting on...eating grapes and goldfish crackers, I reminisced on how 6 years ago, under a firework lit sky I was secretly crushing on David :)

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Santa Clause - what we tell our boys

..so far though, Josiah doesn't know much about Santa Clause and from what we know, does not believe in Santa Clause (actually, he was never really around Santa Clause because David insisted that he never wanted to celebrate Mr. Clause) though I did share about St. Nicholas as a man who was very generous and whom is celebrated during Christmas time for being a nice man who helped give food and gifts to the poor as God has commanded which is a symbol of the greatest Christmas gift of all- Jesus' birth.