Tired Men and Miraculous Birth

just a couple of laughs today:

these both happened at bedtime when we were reading stories on Jenny's bed (Troy already asleep in his crib).
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last night Jenny was asking all sorts of questions about Santa while we were reading "the night before Christmas". (it was kind of mandatory that we read a Santa book, having just been in his lap that evening.) i explained about Santa having to supervise elves all year making all the toys for all the kids in the world. and then he would have to ride all night making all those toy deliveries on Christmas Eve.
Jenny-----"what is he gonna do after he is done?"
Me------- "well he's gonna be pretty tired. he will have worked very hard all night. he's probably gonna go home and go right to sleep. kind of like your daddy working at the railroad all night long and then crawling in his bed to sleep all day, right?"
Jenny ----"those are some tired men!"




then tonight we read about baby Jesus. just a classic golden book with the bible story in it. She is forever talking or asking questions while i read. got to stop and answer a question for every page.
Jenny---"i want to be an angel"
Me------"well when you get to heaven you can ask if you can be one. it doesn't hurt to ask"
Jenny---"well, i want to have a baby in my tummy. i want to be Mary"
Me------"well.........you can't be like Mary. because God put the baby in Mary's belly"

wait a minute. thinking.....thinking......... must find a way to correct this without going into detail about Mary's ......purity.

Me------"well, God put babies in my tummy too, but Mary was extra special. some day hopefully you can be like me and have babies in your belly. after you meet Prince Charming and get married you can have babies together."
Jenny---"well........who is my Prince Charming?"

oh we are back to that again. always with the wondering, who could he be??
oh well. whew. subject changed. crisis averted.