Whatsupwiththejoneses’s Weblog

Cooper has been attending Sunday school for a little over a month now.  He really loves going, and his favorite time seems to be the “big group” time, when about 100 kids between 2 and 5 years of age all meet in one big auditorium-style room for songs and fun stuff.

This past Sunday when D.Jones and I went downstairs to pick him up from his classroom, his teacher made a point of saying “he was so good today!”  Awesome!  He may not always behave himself at his regular school, but he seems to at Sunday school, anyway.  Then she said “Cooper, tell your parents what you are going to remember this week.”  Apparently, he had a “takeaway” that he is supposed to remember this week and she’ll ask him about it again next week.  Cooper thought for a minute and then recited “Even in tough times, God keeps me safe.”  It was cute to be sure, and D.Jones even got choked up for a minute.  He blames it on “sympathy hormones” and says it’s my fault, but as I pointed out to him, it wasn’t my eyes welling up.  He’s just a big softie.

Coops recited it a few more times on the walk to the car to be sure he’d remember it all week.  I have been forgetting to ask him about it since, so I was surprised, when we got into the car to go to school today, that he recited it unprompted.  I said “Wow!  Good job, Coops!” at which time he informed me that he’s going to tell his teacher today what he learned at Sunday school. 

I said “I think they’ll like that” when he said “but mommy…who is God?”  Huh.  Ummm…..

I kinda drew a blank.   The best I could come up with was something about how He keeps everybody safe.  Cooper ran down a list of folks and I said “yeah…everybody.”  He thought about it for a minute and then said “So, sorta like Wall-E?”   Uh…sorta Coops.  Sorta.