I love to carpool!!! (I know that doesn't fit with my title...but it will make sense later)
One of the things I love about carpooling, besides the savings on gas, is the conversations that take place in the backseat between a 6 year old boy and my 5 year old Lilly (or Lillian as she is preferring these days.)
We carpool with my bud Annie and her kids. On Monday's and Friday's I drive us down to school. There are always interesting conversations that take place; like the fact that Reid wants to marry Lilly but she always shoots him down with the comment, "Reid only God knows who I am going to marry...and it's not you!" I keep telling her this playing hard-to-get is just making him want to marry her more. But the conversation on Monday took the cake for hysterical.
The setup:
As we were driving we were listening to Christmas music. This made Reid think about his favorite music group.
The dialog:
Reid: "I like the band Switchfoot because they sing about God."
Lilly: "I believe in God"
Reid: "Me too"
Lilly: "I believe in God and Jesus too!"
Reid: "They are the same person"
Lilly: "Well I believe in God and Jesus...and SANTA CLAUSE!"
---insert a swerve in the driving because I was stifling a laugh---
Reid: "I don't believe in Santa Clause"
Lilly: "WHAT!!!! Well then, you are not getting any presents this year"
Reid: "Yes I am...he always brings me presents"
Lilly: "Not if you don't believe in him!"
Reid: "Well God doesn't want us believing in Him and in Santa Clause"
Lilly: "Yes He does!! We need to believe in all 3!"
Reid: "But God and Jesus are the same!"
Lilly: "Well if you don't believe in Santa you are not getting any presents"
Reid: "Yes I am"
Lilly: "Reid...I am done arguing with you. I'm looking out my window now"
Conclusion:
I felt like I should interrupt...but their little minds were really trying to figure it all out and it was so cute!
Lilly has no idea what the Trinity is, but I like her take on it.
I can't believe you are carpooling with...Annie Caison? Small world.
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