Jesus' House

This past week one of Jason's Uncle's passed away. It was sudden and we really thought about him this last week. On Friday Jason went to the visitation alone. Nicholas and Celia were asking where Daddy was going so we explained that someone had died. Jason also explained that when you die, you go to heaven where Jesus lives. Fittingly, this past week there was an episode of 'Little Bear' (their fav cartoon these days) where the doll, Lucy, died so the animals did a mock-funeral. Which is weird for a kids cartoon, but it certainly gave N&C a context for what we were talking about.
Well, later that evening when they were getting ready for bed and Jason was not home yet, this was the conversation:

Nicholas: "Where's Daddy?"
Me: "Remember that someone died. Well Daddy went to the funeral where everyone gets to say Goodbye to the person who died and sometimes people cry and give hugs to each other"
Nicholas: "When people die they go to heaven, right mommy?"
Celia: "They go to Jesus' house, right mommy?"
Me: "Yes they go to Jesus' house in heaven"
Celia: "There's lots of suckers and candy at Jesus' house!"
Nicholas: "And lots of toys too!"

Children are just so simple and sweet. And our prayers are with Uncle John up in heaven. Uncle John always seemed like a happy person, so I bet he's loving all the candy and toys up at Jesus' house. :)