Kids are so Funny!

Our conversations in the car yesterday on the way to Bronson's Baby Blessing:

Chase:  "Mom, when I die and I'm crucified..."

Mom:   "What?  Do you mean resurrected?"

Chase:  "Oh yeah, resurrected.  When I die and I'm resurrected, I'll be a baby..."

Mom:  "No Chase, you won't be a baby, you'll be a man like Dad."

Michela:  "Yeah, you'll be an old grandpa like Dad.  He, He, He..."

Mom:  "You'll be the same age as when you die."

Hunter:  "So if I die right now, I'll be seven forever?  Cool!"

A few minutes later:

Hunter:  "I'm very sympathetic."

Michela:  "No you're not!"

Mom:  "Hunter, do you know what sympathetic means?"

Hunter:  "Uhh..."

Michela:  "It means you feel sorry for someone.  Geez!" (She totally sounds like Napoleon when she does this. )

Mom:  "Yes, it means you feel bad for someone when they get hurt or are sad and you feel like you want to help them."

Children thinking.

Mom:  "Do you know what empathy means?"

Michela:  "Is that the opposite of sympathy?"

Mom:  "Nope.  It means you know how someone feels because you've gone through the same thing.  Like if you broke your leg a little while ago and then your friend broke their leg you would feel bad for them and you would understand what they were going through."

Hunter:  "Like me and Adam (his best friend) both know what it feels like to be kicked in the back?"

Mom:  "Exactly"  (Giggling)