KNIGHT ADVERTISING

As we drove over a bridge overlooking the city, Nicolas noticed a floodlight at a distance. He was amazed at the intense light illuminating the night sky. He started a conversation with his brother...

Nicolas: Kuya, look at the light. Is that for Superman, Batman or The Flash?
Savion: No, Nicolas. That is for Advertising.
Nicolas: Advertising? What is advertising?
Savion: Advertising is like selling.
Nicolas: I see. So, are they selling flashlights?

AGE GAP

Savion asked us about our age difference. "Six years.", we told him. "So you mean to say, Daddy, when you were eight years old, Mommy was two years old?" And with a hint of disbelief, Savion asked further, "So you mean I can marry a pre-schooler?"

THE FALLEN ANGEL

I had an animated breakfast conversation with the children and their cousins (their ages are 5, 7, 10 and 13). There were questions on:

Souls - "Do we really have souls or are we just organisms?"
Heaven - "How will I look like in heaven?"
Fallen Angel - "Why did the angel disobey God?"
Love of God - "How much does God love us?" and
Santa's Elves - "How do they sneak around and hide the gifts?".

It was a balancing act receiving and dishing out information from these topics. I made sure to keep light of the topics and not make it a theological discussion. I already had a tough time answering Nicolas' question, "Did you see Santa in the mall? What did he look like?"

Savion was interested to ask more about the fallen angel. He thought of how God must have felt when the angel disobeyed Him. The children wondered whether the fallen angel could ever go back to God and return to heaven? Was there a chance of this happening?

Savion then said, "When I die, I will go to hell and tell the devil to say sorry to God and then He will let him in heaven. Then I go to purgatory and I then I go to heaven."

PYTHON

The children have been watching a lot of features on cable channels, "Discovery", "National Geographic" and "Animal Planet". Nicolas saw a feature on snakes and was instantly fascinated. He went on asking questions about the cobra and the python and went on to inform everyone how these creatures shed their skin and devour their prey.

A bit worried, I inquired, "Are snakes amazing or a bit frightening?" Nicolas replied, "Snakes? They're beautiful."


Check links:
http://discovery.com
http://nationalgeographic.com
http://animal.discovery.com

ROW,ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT

"THE SEVEN CONTINENTS"
Seven continents of the globe
Count them all with me
North America, South America, Africa makes three.
Europe, Asia, Australia, the three more that I know.
And don't forget Antarctica, the seventh way to go.

"ARE YOU HAPPY?"

I often, just out of the blue, ask the kids this question, "Are you happy?". They always say yes and they give good food, tasty snacks, a great movie, computer time, a funny T.V. show, or gummy worms as reasons for their happiness.
Today, I asked the same question, "Nicolas, are you happy?" "Yes!", he replied. "And why are you happy?" "Because of you."
Today, I am equal with the gummy worms.

PUPPY LOVE LETTER

Nicolas accompanied his mother during her tap dance class. There, Nicolas met his mom's 12-year old students. Nicolas was particularly smitten with Maddie as evidenced by this letter: