Theological Smarty Pants

Mom: Paton, sometimes when you get with other children you go wild. What is the reason for that?

Paton: But mom, God wants me to have fun!

Superlatives

Paton and his friend MJ were playing in his room while listening to The Sound of Music. All of a sudden Paton asked, "How can you do better than your best? You can't do THAT, can you?"

Statue vs. Statute

Driving through downtown Lancaster yesterday we saw a statue of a man....Paton says, "Yeah, yeah, that's a statue, but God's commandments are statutes, right?"

Good Question

Tonight he asked: Why do we keep hot sauce in the fridge?

Rumors in the church

Dad: Paton these are all the drinks we are having when the teens come over after church: Coke, Sprite, Root Beer, and Mountain Dew.

Paton: Why do we have beer at our house?

Traditional Values

Mom: Paton, what are you going to do tonight?

Paton: Watch the Redskins play football with dad while we sit on the couch, eat snacks, and burp.

Imagination Station

While listening to Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 today, Paton observed, "This sounds like bad guy music -- you know when the good guys are chasing the bad guys." Moments later, "This sounds like Tyrannosaurus music."

Fashion Crisis

Paton's summer growth spurt was evidenced on Sunday night as we were getting ready for church. I handed him a pair of pants and instructed him to try them on. He came out asking, "Are these capri's?"

Olympic Moments

had the women's marathon [Olympics] on for only seconds when Paton said, "Daddy, how come the ladies only wear a shirt and underwear for this race?" ...I had a hard time splainin that one....