In the mind of a 4 year old

When the kids go down for the night, I try to spend some time with each one talking about their day. Of course, with the girls' this works beautifully and for some reason they like to spill their guts during this time. I really do enjoy my nightly visits with them. Somehow the darkness makes it easier to confess any wrongdoing. It's been very enlightening! With the boys' however, it's a different type of spending time. I usually will cradle Zak for a few moments and then give him hugs and kisses and put him down. The great thing with Zak is when he hugs you, it's full body contact. You not only get the arms around the neck but the legs as well. And all gets squeezed. It's quite the experience. As for Andon, we've started to talk. It's no longer just laying by him and holding him. We now have begun discussions- of sort. Last night was one such discussion.
He starts talking to me about Papa, and I am really rather pleased that he still remembers. Earlier that day he had been looking at the funeral pictures we have on the computer. He says to me, "mommy, Papa in heaven?" To which I replied, "Yes." He then says, "Papa with Jesus." I said, "Yes, Papa is with Jesus." "Oh...Papa is in Jesus trunk." (Not a question, a statement. ) I didn't think I heard right, so I repeated what he said. He says, "Yes. Papa is in Jesus trunk." I was truly perplexed and then for some reason the pictures of the funeral that he'd been looking at that day came to mind. He was thinking of the hearse that drove the body to the funeral home after the service as being Jesus car, since Papa was with him in heaven! I tried not to laugh, and explained to him that Jesus didn't have a car and really there are no uses for cars in heaven. (Maybe I'm stretching here.) He seemed satisfied with that answer.
I told Doug afterward and we both had a good laugh, albeit somewhat a bittersweet one. I think Niels would have enjoyed that comment though. Who knows, maybe he's up on my blogging.