Over this weekend Olivia and I read this book to Elise. Since we were reading it to Elise I asked Olivia a lot of questions about the book. So, this is Olivia’s version of the Easter story as told by her and me:
Me: (pointing to a picture of the cross with a figure on it) Who’s this?
Liv: Jesus
Me: What is he doing?
Liv: He’s dying.
Me: Is he dying for you?
Liv: Yes. And Elise, and Sherman.
Me: (pointing to a picture of Mary) Who’s this?
Liv: Mary. She’s blue.
Me: Yes, Mary is usually wearing blue. (pointing to a picture of the Tomb) What’s this?
Liv: A rock.
Me: Yes this is the tomb where Jesus was buried after He died. (pointing to a picture of the empty tomb) What’s this.
Liv: (very excited) The rock is open! This is the happy part!!!!!
Me: Yes! It is so happy that Jesus rose again! He is alive!
Liv: He rose again!
So great to hear that Olivia is holding fast to the good confession.
So good to hear them understanding and telling it back! Although D1 kept asking “But what happened to him?” and we told what happened to Jesus all the way through “He’s still living in heaven and taking care of us” when we realized she wasn’t asking what happened to Jesus, she wanted to know what happened to the soldier guarding the tomb.
I can relate to that pretty well, QOC.
Hooray for Joni Walker books! My board books don’t get much use yet. Glad to hear everything is going well at the Brazier household.
Ah, the post-deaconess-intern strikes back! Howdy do, Angie?
I do still read! I’m doing alright. Still in Fort Wayne, not being a deaconess. Life is not too shabby.