We learned about Justinian and Theodora during school today. The kids curriculum comes with a lot of fun coloring pages and, for this lesson, Justinian and Theodora paper dolls. After the lesson there was this conversation:
Me: So what do you kids think of Justinian and Theodora?
Maria: I like Justinian because he's handsome. And I like Theodora because she's beautiful.
Hudson: I don't like them because I don't like people that live in Heaven.
Me: You don't like people that live in Heaven? What?
Maria: But Jesus lives in Heaven and He is the best person ever. Don't you like Jesus?
Hudson: But I learned that Jesus lives in outer space.
Maria: We don't know where Heaven is.
I love hearing little conversations like this. I wish I could remember more of them. I wish I could remember more of this one. It went on for a while then Hudson asked: What does Jesus do with people in Heaven?
Then Maria had to ask a serious doctrine question like: Where did Heavenly Father come from?
Ha ha! I love having my kids home all day. I love talking with them about these things. I love hearing them talk to each other about these things.
So, while I am glad Heavenly Father and Jesus made their way into our history lesson today, I do wish Maria remembered more about the Byzantine Empire than Justinian was handsome and Theodora was beautiful. Oh well, I guess in the mind of a 7 year old those are the most important details.
3 comments:
what curriculum are you using? it looks a lot like what we use which is The Story of the World. we love it!
Yep, that's what we use! It's a lot of fun.
What a great bunch of posts Shannon. Keep it up. I just have to say that I think you and Ethan are such great parents and it so evident in the love between the kids and the free thoughtful conversations that take place in your home. I love hearing about all the goings on.
Love Dad
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