One of the perks of being a mom is getting to hear the funny (and often sweet) things your kids say as they are figuring out the world around them.   Here are a few things I've heard around my house recently...

One day on the way home from school we were discussing butterflies--the topic of the week during science class.  The kids had learned that male butterflies are more beautiful than the females so that they can attract their attention.  I happened to mention how humans seemed to do things the other way around--the girls try to make themselves pretty so the boys will notice them.  Brennan, in his 8 year old wisdom proudly exclaimed, "Yeah, but I don't fall for that."  Good boy.

Leah and I were talking about a friend who recently discovered that she was going to have a baby.  She was curious how she knew that she was pregnant, so I told her that she had taken a test.  Being a studious child, Leah was dying to know, "Well, how many questions were there?"

Jason and I were driving around town a while back and heard Chris Tomlin's version of Amazing Grace on the radio.  I had no idea how closely he was listening until he asked, "Mommy, who found that man?"  We had a little discussion about the man being lost and far away from God because of the bad things he did and God going out to find him and bring him back.  A week or so later we heard the same song again.  His reply was, "God found that man.  Isn't that awesome?"  Well said, son.  Awesome, indeed.