I like to quiz Liam in the car to see just how much he can comprehend. He has an amazing memory and can tell me things that I said to him weeks ago! We have recently been working on stoplights and what they mean. I ask him "Liam, what does green mean?" and he says "Green means GOOOOO!" I ask what yellow means and he says "SLOW DOOOOWN!" and he knows that "red means STOP!" It's so cute when we're sitting at a red light and he says "Hafta wait for the light to turn green, Mama! Green means GOOO!"

Liam likes to ask questions about God on our rides home. I have no idea why. I taught him that Jesus is "God's son" and that God lives "far away" up in heaven. He likes to crane his neck and look straight up out the car window and say "I can't see him! I can't see God, mama!" I will say "where is God, Liam?" and he'll tell me that he's "far away in the clouds." He also knows that God is "very, very big." It's inevitable that he'll say "can I go to church now?" when we're in the midst of these discussions. He really does love to go. He alternates between thinking God is at church and God is in the clouds. It's interesting to see how his little heart seems to feel something about God that even I can't feel. It doesn't even have to be God, it can just be love. He feels love in a way that amazes me.

I'm happy to teach him about God and about church, and I'll be happy to teach him about evolution and science when he's older. I believe that God and science go very well together. It's awesome to be able to glimpse his hand in it all. And I really think it's there. I mean, when's the last time you made a planet?! I'm an Intelligent Design kind of girl. Maybe Liam will be, too. I can only give him the knowledge, the rest is up to him.