According to a 5 year old...

This afternoon, one of my assistants, Sam was talking with the class after nap. One of my students Annie, brought up that she goes to Sunday School and so Sam asked her what she learns there and she said, "Jesus." I was on the other side of the room taping polar bear feet to the floor, so it was interesting to listen to their thoughts. Some other friends added in their thoughts and I thought I would write some of the ones that I remember. Sam asked, "Who's God, then?" Most friends replied, "Jesus' Father." Sam, "Then who is Mary and Joseph?" They replied, "Jesus' parents." After that, was a short and confused conversation about Jesus having three parents, but one student moved on and said, "Jesus doesn't have a telephone." (This telephone idea came from a conversation we had around Christmas time and talking to God). Then Sam asked, "Well, then how do you talk to him?" In a loud chorus, "We pray!" I felt like I was in a Sunday School when I heard this, it was fun. A child that has difficulty following directions then said, "God is watching. He's always watching. He knows when you've been good or bad." This sounds an awful lot like the creepy Santa they were just singing about...suspicious. Several friends started talking about this at the same time, so I'm not really sure what was said, but I think something about God being with us. The conversation soon ended and they started talking about animals or something. Anyways, I thought that this was kinda cool, that we can have conversations like this and it's okay! Now, I wonder what my views of God were as a 5 year old...