Things to Remember

E: Can anyone live forever? 

Me: Well, we can live forever in heaven but it’s not the same as living on earth. 

L: Your soul can live forever. 

Me: you’re right Lewis. Your soul can live forever in heaven. 

E: If your soul lives forever in heaven, what does it eat for dinner?

Logan: How about we read The Chronicles of Narnia aloud as a family?

A: we can’t. Mrs. Werner doesn’t like us to read stories that she’s going to read to us in class. It’s on her shelf at school. 

Logan: really?

Lewis: Do it anyway. 

Math question: Emma has 16 crackers. She eats some. Could she have 16 crackers left? Explain. 

Lewis’ answer: yes. She at the corners of the crackers. 

Me: why do you have so much nonsense coming out of you right now?

Elias: because I am so nonsensical. I have so much nonsensical gas in me right now.

Elias: mom, it says the coronavirus is spreading from the zoo to Jimmy John’s.

Lewis: you don’t know that Elias. You’re not a scientist. 

Elias: I had a dream that I got to hold both plungers upstairs and downstairs. It was bizarre. I didn’t go very well for me.

Elias: {takes a pretend phone call, hangs up} I answered Thomas’ question. 

Me: what was his question?

Elias: he wanted to know if I can visit. EVERYONE is going to visit Thomas and Samuel after the coronavirus is gone.

Me: Are all your chicken nuggets gone? 

E: Yes. 

Me: Is that a lie?

E: Let me see...OK I ate all my chicken nuggets now. 

Me: Is that a lie? 

E: No! 

Augustine: there’s still 2 1/2 left on his plate. 

Me: Elias that’s a lie. it’s not OK to lie. 

Elias: I will confess that with daddy when the coronavirus is over. 

Me: can you believe you’re four years old now?!

Elias: I believe it in most movies, like Peter Pan.

Me: it's going to be time for nap in a few minutes. 

Elias: now?!

Me: what did I just say?

Elias: now?!

Me: I just told you when. Remember?

Elias: in an hour and a half?!

Me: Uuuuuggggg. 

Things I never thought I’d say as a mother:

Please don’t wipe your nose with your brother’s shoe. 

Logan: that’s a picture of John Vianney’s heart. It’s incorrupt. 

Augustine: what does that mean?

Logan: It doesn’t decompose bc he was so holy. 

Elias: I didn’t know he died!!!