Chit Chat on Christmas Eve

My five year old likes to have what he calls "chit chat" every night with me after stories, as the last thing we do before he goes to sleep. I snuggle up with him and he tells me about his day. Or asks me serious questions. Or asks me silly questions.

This is, literally, the best 15 minutes of my day. I learn so many things about him.

Tonight he asked me to tell him about the dogs I had growing up. So I did. I told him about all the dogs, but especially about the dog I had named Tootsie Roll. He laughed a lot at her name and asked me what she looked like. So I described her a little - a small very soft dog with big ears, a mix between red and brown. (FYI, mini dachshund) So then while we were discussing dog fur colors he said this amazing thing to me...

"Mom, we are peach colored. I think that God is probably half peach, like us, and the other half of God is brown, like other people."

I tell you, my heart stopped. This boy, I love him in his innocent wisdom. I just answered that yes, I thought he was exactly right about God being both peach colored and brown colored at the same time.