"No-No Fruit"

Sunday morning rolled around and I was exhausted from a long night with both boys. (Micah's possible growth spurt and sudden need to eat more, and Noah's new experience with nightmares.) Adding to that, I wasn't feeling well, so I stayed home with the boys and Tim went to church on his own. While Micah napped I decided that it might be good for Noah and I to sit down and read/look at our Bibles since we weren't able to make it to church. Noah has his own picture Bible that is actually quite good. I opened my Bible and began to read, but Noah wasn't going to be satisfied with just looking at pictures, and so he began asking questions. I put my own Bible aside and we began to read together out of his. It now being so automatic to teach chronological, we began with creation and Adam and Eve. It was exciting to see his eyes get big as we talked about the garden and the tree with "no-no fruit." He told me again and again how Eve did a "BIG No-No" eating that "no-no fruit." I then asked him if he always obeyed mommy and daddy. He looked at me and said, "No." We then talked about how mommy and daddy do "no-no's" sometimes too. His eyes got really big and he asked, "Did you eat the 'no-no fruit' too?!" "No," I told him, "but since Adam and Eve did, now all of us are sinners and we do other n0-no's too." I then asked him if he was a sinner. "Yes, I am a sinner." he said.
As soon as Tim walked in the door Noah ran up to him and said, "Daddy, we are All sinners!"

Though this morning was spent only planting little seeds of understanding, it was exciting to see the tables start turning in his mind. Please be praying for wisdom for us as parents as we seek to make disciples for Christ in our children.