Dani did a great job teaching Matthew about the crucifixion and the resurrection but I think he went a little overboard. Luckily a few days have passed and some of the images that Matthew had in his head have diminished. Unfortunately, way too many details were mentioned about the crucifixion. Matthew was telling me about the blood and the pain and poor Jesus was crying, etc, etc. It was my idea to look for some children's bible stories on YouTube to help him understand the story but even some of those animated ones are NOT for children and were quite violent. I didn't think it would go that far but it did and Matthew saw them and he was like a deer in headlights. Before he went to bed on Easter night, he mentioned that he was dying too. He was a bit scared to say the least. He still talks about Jesus a lot but luckily most of it is saying he loves Jesus and Jesus is his friend. That's just too cute to hear when he says all that. Dani did a painting of Jesus when he was a kid and it has Jesus with rays of light coming from him and a mountain with three crosses in the background. Matthew loves this painting and has kissed it many times and says he likes Jesus and he's not dead. He explains that Jesus was nailed to the middle cross and that two bad guys were on either side of him on other crosses. He says that those two guys are still dead but Jesus is alive and he doesn't have more blood or injuries. The morbidity has subsided, thank goodness.
On a lighter note, Julian is looking at his hands all the time. He has just discovered them and the fact that he can move them around in front of his face and make them do different things. He's also "talking" up a storm....so cute! He just goes on and on oooohing and ahhhhhhing. He's really having a conversation even if no one is in the room, lol.
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