BJs

I just had to share this story but its a short one, I promise. Its a classic Merrin story and I have to say its one of the funniest moments I've had with Merrin and probably the first of many more to come. I have a feeling though that I'll remember this one for awhile. To some of you it might not be that funny but I guess you had to have been there...

So...Merrin, Elliott and I decide to make a quick trip to BJs this past week for some much needed laundry and dish detergent as well as some other things that I knew I would buy but knew even more I didn't need. As we walk into the store Merrin sees the "race car" shopping cart and insists that she ride in it so I reluctantly take both Elliott and Merrin out of our existing shopping cart and transfer them into that monster of a thing which will give you a better work out than an hour long aerobics session. As I am transferring the kids and our "luggage" (i.e., diaper bag) into the "race car" I notice two men having a conversation close to us. Merrin was staring at them but I didn't pay much attention until as we start to wheel away Merrin outstretches her arm, points, and yells "JESUS" at the top of her lungs. I turn around and there stands a tall, slender man with long dark, wavy/curly hair and a long dark beard. I embarrassingly looked at the man and gave a nervous smile and then turned to Merrin and tried to explain to her that although the man looked like Jesus, he was not in fact Him.

It was the sweetest moment though, I couldn't help but continue to laugh throughout the store thinking how sweet the mind of a child is. They have such simple and pure thoughts and how easily we take their minds and what they can comprehend for granted. I have to say I was pretty pleased with the fact that our little two year old knows what Jesus looks like, or what we envision Jesus looking like anyway!