Conversations with the kids

Overheard as I walked in from work today:
"Ari, don't throw that plane, you'll hurt someone... don't throw it!"
<BANG>
"Ari, we don't throw things that are hard."
<Ari looks at Jonathan's face and starts to cry>
"Ari, there's no need to cry.  It's called constructive criticism.  And you're gonna need to learn to take it without being upset, because that's how you learn to be a better person.  There are other ways to deal with conflict besides violence.  You need to learn to use your words."

I raise my eyebrows at Jonathan.  He shrugs his shoulders. "Well, he'll never learn if I don't explain, right?"




Talking about what Xander learned in K'tonton, the parent-child religious school program he and Jonathan attended:
"So what made the pinwheel blow?"
"God!  God created everything that's beautiful.  He used magic."
"Well, is God a man?  Do we know that?"
"God's... God.  She's invisible!"