Conversations with a 3-year old (Easter Edition)

• Madelyn (to her mom at Easter Sunday Mass): Mommy, why is Jesus on the cross?
• Madelyn's mom: he died on the cross
• Madelyn: why?
• Madelyn's mom: go ask Sydney
• <Madelyn's mom laughs because she knows what's coming>
• Madelyn: Sydney, why did Jesus die on the cross?
• Sydney: (caught extremely off guard) to save us from our sins.
• Madelyn: what?
• Sydney: he died on the cross to save us from the bad guys. He's like a brave prince.
• Madelyn: why did he save us from the bad guys?
• Sydney: because he loves us very much and he wants us to be with him in heaven one day
• Madelyn: why does he want us to go to heaven?
• Sydney: because he lives there with his daddy and he wants us there too, so we can all be together, like a family.
• Madelyn: is the priest his daddy?
• Sydney: no, God is his daddy
• Madelyn: oh, God is Jesus' daddy.
• <long pause>
• Madelyn: are we going to hunt for Easter eggs after church?
• Sydney: Yes. <breathes huge sigh of relief>