From Disobedience to Death...The Interesting Mind of a Toddler

This has certainly been an interesting few weeks at our house. Ezra is growing up and sometimes it makes life complicated, sometimes frustrating, and other times stinking hilarious. Here are a few examples:

-A few days ago, Ezra, in his infinite two-year-old wisdom, chose to not have any supper. The deal was no supper until the toys were put away. And he refused to put them away. He instead wandered around the house for 45 minutes while we ate. No dinner and he was not happy (we did give him a snack before bed). But he learned- the following day at lunch, when asked to put his things away before we ate, there was a flury of activity. Point for Parenting! We have had no cleaning up issues since. Let's see how long that lasts...or something else becomes a battle...

-Ezra and I were doing the "Thomas and Friends Puzzle Book" together and it states, "Thomas and Percy are best friends." I asked Ezra who his best friend is and he replied, "Jesus, and God and Daddy and Silas." Good answer!

-Ezra, Silas and I went for groceries a few days ago, and while we were there we spotted a cross-dressed shopper. He was wearing 5 inch stillettos, white tights, and a grey pencil skirt; he paired that with a very masculine dress shirt from the 80's (also white), a mens beige trenchcoat and his scruffy, scruffy beard. The man must have been 65 years old. Upon spotting said man, Ezra points and pipes up, "Mommy! I see a monster!". Um...no...

-Me: Ezra what does Silas say?
E: I need breast milk!
Me: What else does Silas say?
E: My feet are freezing!
...So much for "wah! wah!"

-My very insightful boy has been asking many, many questions about death and Heaven lately and I am struggling to explain things to him in a way that he can understand them. He wants to know why he can't go to Heaven (specifically to see Grandpa Norm) and then his amazing brain thinks I won't let him go there because it's dangerous. He's pretending to be dead and saying he's going to see Jesus. He's asked me if Mickey Mouse is in Heaven with Jesus and Grandpa Norm and when I tried to explain the difference between pretend (never was alive, only a funny mouse in books and on the TV) and dead (was Mommy's daddy, used to live with Grandma Dawn, but now lives with Jesus) he said, "And Jesus is our friend, Mommy." True. So I am answering the questions the best that I can, as they come, and I'm trying not to complicate the issue by expanding on what he wants to know. He'll learn as much as there is to know someday, and understand as much as a person possibly can before they actually go there. For now, we'll just tackle one mature question at a time.