I love my kids
me: "Let's watch Jurassic Park..."
DD: "What's Jurassic?"
me: "It's a time period about 175 million years ago"
DD: "That's *definitely* in black and white"

me: "So about that $7 you borrowed from me for Nora's present..."
DD: "Well, since Nora get's it, shouldn't she be the one to pay you back?"

V (who is 12) just came back from a week at "Jesus Camp" where every day they memorized verse, had "Jesus and me" time, and talked a lot about the bible. I picked her up from camp Saturday, and she talked for two hours straight about the camp and her whole new set of plans that included building a small cabin, taking up archery, and creating her own religion. She had an elaborate creation myth all worked out where the dragon creator hatched from a ball of dust and lots of other details I want to get her to write down. I need a video camera with me at all times!

Later in the day she says "Nora, do you know how Jesus died and what all those crosses mean?" It made me realize I wasn't spending any time at all on their religious education. The extent of it was reading them a kids book (the name escapes me) that says "Gods aren't real. They are made up stories that primitive man used to explain the world" and other unambiguous statements that I happen to agree with. I objected to the propagandic one sided nature of that book, but I needed to balance out their mother's sloppy New Age thinking. Anyways, I had been slightly worried about V getting converted or something, but I'm glad to see she's got her head screwed on right.