Jaeden and the Scriptures

So we had been reading from 'My Book of Mormon Storybook' until I recently found 'My Bible Storybook.' It tells very condensed versions of the stories with pictures, and they are short enough for their small attention spans. Although I'm not sure anything is short enough for Jayce. Jaeden does very well listening and understanding all the stories, and occasionally loves to act out the stories.

After reading about Sodom & Gomorrah, we acted out Lot and his wife turning into a pillar of salt for at least a week. The 3 characters being Lot - who didn't look back, the wife - who did look,, and Heavenly Father. Jayce just runs around and tries to participate.

We read one night about Samuel and Eli (1 Samuel 3) where Samuel thinks Eli is calling him during the night until the 3rd time, when Eli says, maybe Heavenly Father is calling you. The next day I went to pick them up after work, and they had just been put in bed for naps, but my dad said he was sure they were not asleep yet. So I was calling from the bottom of my parent's stairs to Jaeden, telling him he could get out of bed and come down. Well, it took several calls without any response. When he was finally downstairs, I asked why he didn't come at first... his response..."I thought you were Heavenly Father calling me." Of course, he says this with a straight face, not intending to be funny.

He frequently talks about Moses and the parting of the Red Sea, and also remembers about the plagues of Egypt.

He also asks why Jesus died on a cross. And must have learned in primary about Judas being the bad guy, because he refers to bad people, and usually mentions Judas being bad too.

Tonight we read the Christmas story, and he asked "Why can't you walk when your going to have a baby?" We replied that you can walk, but it was a long distance, and they didn't Mary having the baby until she arrived in Bethleham. His response, "They didn't want the baby to come out and land on the donkey?" We just said yes that's right.