Yorktown: Conversation with Ashton yesterday

On the way home from his end of year party, Ashton and I ate lunch at Chipotle together (so excited to have another restaurant on our short list that he can eat at!) Then we were driving in Duluth and saw the flags they have out for Memorial day. I was trying to explain that memorial day we honor soldiers for our country and he asked what a soldier looked like. I reminded him that my grandfather Pop was in the army and that soldiers are regular people. He said, "And soldiers keep the bad guys away from us?" I guess he learned that at school so I said yes. I knew what was coming next. "Do they shoot the bad guys?"
me, "Well...um... hopefully not."
Ashton, "Then what do they do with them?"
At this time I started praying for the right words, "Well maybe they take them to jail and sometimes people from our church go to jails to tell the bad guys about Jesus."
Ashton, "And check it out?" (meaning check the jail out)
me, "Um...yes."
Ashton, "So some people who go to our church are in jail?"
me, "Oh well they might just go for a day and then go back to their house. They don't stay there."
Ashton, "oh...Can I go to jail and check it out?"
me, "Well maybe sometime when you are older we could go to tell the people about Jesus. You know when people learn about Jesus, they change and want to become good."
Ashton, "I'd like to go to jail when I'm 22 and check it out with you and Collin and daddy and Embry. Well maybe when Embry is 22 because then he'd be old enough to go to jail!"

Oh my goodness what a conversation!! I just prayed that my boys would never be "old enough to check out jail" unless they really were going to minister to prisoners!!

On a lighter note, here are some great photos of his amazing end of the year party. They had waterballoons, watermelon eating contest, cookie decorating, hula hoops, tattoos, popcorn and an inflatable obstacle course and a hilarious kid DJ who was busting the tunes!! It was so fun and I am so glad I got to get off work for it. We will truly miss his three amazing teachers and I got teary eyed thinking of how scared I was before this school year about protecting him with his allergies. I still get nervous everyday when he is eating lunch and check my phone constantly but this year has been so calming and those ladies have done everything the right way! In fact, even during the party his teacher saw someone had a snack out and I heard her say, "Snacks are out. Where's Ashton?' As an allergy mom, I could not have asked for better teachers and I pray the years to come are the same!