He Said, I Said

E has developed a fear of monsters. It may be due to the game that is often played in our house, involving hiding behind corners or doors and jumping out and roaring at poor unsuspecting little E. I have forbid this game, but it still finds its way in sometimes. And then bedtime comes, and E asks me if there are any monsters in his room. And he says, "Can you save me?" Sometimes he asks for Big Puppy, that's his puppy that's almost as big as him. He tells me that Big Puppy will save him. And then I say, "Yes, I can save you, E. But Jesus already saved you, and that's even better." Last night I told him that Jesus saved him, and then I was about to say, Jesus is with you all the time, or Jesus is everywhere, but suddenly I didn't know how to say it without Jesus sounding like a scary monster hiding in the closet. So I said, Jesus is here in your heart. E responded with, "Yeah, and up in the sky." I agreed with him, and then he added, "But Jesus doesn't have a car." And there in the dark, kneeling next to his bed, I had to hide my face to not let him see me laughing about what he had said, the sweet words that had come out of his mouth, because, really, Elijah seems to have it all figured out. I'm the one who doesn't quite know what to say. I never even though about whether or not Jesus would have a car.

He's sitting next to me taking to himself, or some invisible friend, "You go to work? I can't go to work by myself." I just glanced over and now he's said to me, defensively, "What?! I just pretending! I need a driver now. We just waiting. Now we going home, we just turning. We got to go home now. Bye Mom!"

I told him a few days ago that Grandpa and Grandma were coming for a visit. "Yeah I know!" (He says he knows to EVERYTHING now.) "Bampa and Mamaw and COOKIES!!" Again I could hardly control my laughing, he's got it all figured out. I told him he's so smart, and of course... "Yeah, I know!"