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Luke: Mommy, cats have to be married to have kitties right?
Taylor: No they don't Luke! Mommy cats can have kitties without being married.
Luke: NO Taylor. They have to be married.
{wondering how in the world to answer this one}
Me: What do you think God would want cats to do?
Luke: God would want them to get married, that would make God happy.
Taylor: But they don't have to.
Me: We all have the choice to do what makes God happy or not. It's wise to do what God says because he knows what's best for us.
Luke: Yeah Taylor...it's better to obey God.
Taylor: But they don't have to get married.
{Am I seriously having these discussions at age 3?)

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Taylor: Is Jesus up in the sky? Me: Way up in heaven, and it's beautiful. Luke: There will be lemons and oranges and peanut butter and jelly in heaven but no barbies. Taylor: There will be horses and I'll bring my barbies. Me: We won't need to bring anything to heaven. We'll have everything we need. Luke: Yea, Jesus and God don't like barbies. I'm gonna play my guitar for Jesus. Taylor: I'm gonna dance for Jesus! Me: We will get to worship Jesus all the time, won't that be amazing? Taylor: YAY! Mommy, Jesus is gonna put my up on his shoulders and give me hugs and kisses. :)

It really struck me. Luke and Taylor wanted to worship Jesus by doing the very thing that he gave them that brings THEM joy. (playing guitar and dancing) Pure and Simple. Do we worship God by doing the thing he gave us that brings us joy? Sometimes I think we stress and strive to do good and forget our first love. I wanna love Jesus with pure motives and all my heart.

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{Bathtime, kids have been leaning back into the water and getting their hair wet}
Luke: Look Mom, Taylor's baptizing herself!
Taylor: Can we baptize each other?
Me: What do you have to do in order to get baptized?
Luke & Taylor: Believe in Jesus!
Luke: Can I get baptized Mom?
Me: You have to believe in Jesus and want to follow and obey him.
Luke: but I DO MOM!!!!!!
Taylor: ME TOO!!!!!
Luke: Can we baptize each other now?
:)

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‎{Taylor woke up from nap before Luke and Luke was still out}
Taylor: Luke's REALLY tired, isnt he. WHAT THE WORLD mom, why's he so tired. Me: I dunno. Taylor: MOM shhhhhh....he's tired let him sleep! {starts stomping on the floor, Luke wakes up, screaming} Taylor: Wow...Luke, you're grouchy, you should go back to bed.‎

{This morning I overheard this while I was getting ready}
Luke: Do you want to borrow my Leapster, Taylor? It's really God's and it makes him happy if I share it with you.
Taylor: Sure Luke! I'm soooo proud of you Luke.
Luke: That was really nice of me wasn't it?
Taylor: You're a nice brother.
Luke: {HUGE GRIN}

This morning Luke and Taylor were feeding each other grapes, walking around holding hands and now Luke just asked Taylor if she wants to dance with him. Somedays, they are pretty much adorable. :)

Luke and Taylor were singing 10,000 reasons by Matt Redman this morning. I guess I've been singing it a lot to myself and not realizing it. "Bless the Lord, O my Soul....O my Soul...."

Taylor: {to Luke} My foot hurts Luke, look at my boo boo. Luke: wow, you should pray to Jesus for healing. Taylor: Yeah...Luke can you pray for me? Luke : Umm, not right now. Taylor: Well that isn't very nice of you. You should pray for me now. Luke: Um...not right now. You pray for it. Ask Jesus to heal it. Taylor: Sigh, Mommy...can you pray for my foot?

Taylor: {as we're leaving church} Mom, I can't BELIEVE how many friends I have. Can you believe it? I have sooo many. {lol}

Luke sat and hugged me for an hour while I did my devotions. He said, "You're my girl Mommy, I love you." and kept kissing my cheek and cuddling up against me.... I love that boys tender heart. :)

{during a storm}
Luke is holding his ears and saying "Jesus Calm the Storm, Jesus Calm the Storm." :)

Luke is watching Danny Tanner playing Blessed Be Your Name on our wedding video over and over, pretending he's Danny Tanner and he just told me he needs a strap for his guitar and a cord to hook up to it. lol

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This morning Taylor was asking Luke how to do certain things on her leapster. (things she knew how to do) and watching Luke teach her, and her thank him was about adorable. :)

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‎{After Taylor got in trouble for hitting Luke} Taylor: I was wrong for hitting you, Luke. {Luke touched her cheek and said..} Luke: I forgive you Taylor. {and he gave her a big hug} (Luke LOVES when things get made right, soooo cute)

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Luke: I want a little guitar with little strings. Not a big guitar with big strings like Danny Tanner and Philip Herndon. When I get to be a bigger man, then I'll get a big guitar.

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‎{our cat, Linx, jumped on the couch which she isn't supposed to do}
Luke: LINX! That is GOD'S couch! It's not your couch and you're not being very nice to it.
Taylor: What the world Linx! Are you kidding me?

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‎{after Luke and Taylor climbed onto our bed this morning to wait for me to get ready} {looking right into Luke's eyes} Taylor: Look Luke, No pushing, no fighting, that's the deal, got it? Luke: Yes, Taylor.

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Luke: Look at the picture I colored Taylor. Taylor: Oh WOW Luke, it's BEAUTIFUL! I love it! Luke: Taylor, it is NOT beautiful! It's sharp and it's cool, right mom?

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Luke: Taylor stop coloring on my book. Taylor: But I HAVE to Luke, because I'm sharing with you. Luke: I'm trying to do something here. You don't color on my book. Taylor: Now Luke, It's God's book and he's letting us use it and that means you should share with me. Luke: Mom, do I have to share, cause she's messing up my book. Me: Taylor, ask Luke if you can color a page of his after he's done. Luke: Yea cause that wasn't right, Taylor. Taylor: I was just sharing Luke. {stinkers}

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Luke: Mommy, do you know where God's kitty cat is? Me: God's kitty cat? Luke: Yeah, God's kitty. Can't find it.

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Taylor: I DON'T WANT to be Goliath! Luke: But you have to Taylor, cause I'm David. Taylor: YOU be Goliath! Luke: Nooooo silly.

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Luke: I don't wanna be a man mom, I just wanna be a boy like David.

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Taylor: I wanna be a STRONG, BEAUTIFUL WOMAN OF GOD, mommy! {as she's twirling and stretching her arms out wide}