The things kids say.

This is Nigel after his Halloween trip around the neighborhood. We all started out together, but I went home pretty early with Bradley because I was nervous he was getting too cold and tired. Micah said that Nigel loved trick-or-treating, but wanted to call it a night after not very many houses. It seemed like the perfect amount of candy to come home with. And I got to eat everything with nuts, which I liked.

We told Nigel that he could eat as much as he wanted Halloween night, but after that his jack-o-lantern would go back to the pumpkin patch to sleep, except for 10 AM - 4:00 PM. During those times he could be in charge of it and eat as much as he wanted. We think it turned out pretty well and we'll see how it goes next year and with multiple children in years to come. Sometimes we think we're so smart and then learn the hard way that we were just completely wrong.

So today, two weeks after Halloween, I drove Nigel to preschool. On the way he said, "Mom, what costume was God for Halloween?"

I said that I didn't know, but that was a really good question.

He said, "Oh I know what He was! He had a swimming suit and swimming gloves to help him swim better."

Oh, right. Of course that was God's costume for Halloween. I told Micah the story and he said he probably got the idea from the video they watched at Isaac's baptism. There was an image of Jesus Christ walking on water and Nigel had asked Micah about it. After the explanation Nigel gathered that Jesus had to walk on water instead of swim. He also gathered that God is Jesus.

We'll work on that.