Monday, December 24, 2007

Conversations with Coulson: Christmas Edition

On hearing that his babysitter that night is named Mary:  He gets wide-eyed and says in an excited hushed whisper "Is it the Mary with baby Jesus?"

On giving presents:  Coulson is not good at keeping secrets.  Last year he told me what I was getting for Christmas less than 5 minutes after he came back from shopping with his dad.  This year he's doing better.  He waited a whole day before he told his dad what he was getting him.  And when he was starting to tell me, I tried to stop him: "Stop! Don't tell me! Don't tell me!" I yelled.  "But I have to tell you.  I can't stop."  So I stuck my fingers in my ears, closed my eyes and started to sing gibberish until he got it out of his system. 

As we were wrapping a present, I decided to try another approach to help him keep a secret.  "Coulson, do you know why we wrap presents at Christmas?"  "I don't know."  "Well, take a guess, why do you think we wrap presents?"  He thought for a little bit and then replied, "Because that's what Jesus wants us to do?"

On omnipresence: "Hey I just thought of something - You know how God is with everyone all the time?  Well, how can there be so many Gods?"

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