And I found you

We might need to spend a little more time explaining to Carter the nuances of life/death/heaven.  Here are two funny conversations we've had with him lately:

I was explaining to Carter that his Grandpap Shadle was a train engineer.  Carter said, "Oh, can I go to Home Depot and get a ladder.  The biggest one that they have, and I will climb up to heaven and talk to him."  Although I'm not entirely sure that Mike didn't plant the idea of buying a really tall ladder in his head!

Then today Carter and Mike were looking at bikes.  Carter asked Mike if he liked the bike and he said yes.  Then Carter told him "Well, you are too big.  But when you go to heaven, then come back as a little kid.  Then you can have this bike."  Not really sure where he got the idea of reincarnation from, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't from us!


My little conversationalist (Ava) has been cracking us up lately with her drawings.  She is starting to draw faces with arms and legs.  Then the stories start coming.  "This is Jenny Joppy, she is friends with my mudder.  She has babies little Carter, little Dawson and big Mama and Big Daddy."  She is hilarious and makes us laugh a thousand times a day. 


Then my little Dockie Doodle.  Boy, does this kid HATE the car.  Putting him in a car seat can involve screaming, crying and trying to buckle stiff as a board baby into the car seat.  Then comes the screeching, screaming and yelling.  All these upcoming trips are going to be a blast!