Eli is quite the philosopher. Today he asked me why, if God is in charge of everything, bad things happen. We had a very lengthy discussion and he actually came up, more or less on his own, with the answer that the devil makes bad things happen, and God makes good things happen, and we people get to choose whether we’re going to do good things or bad things. Not bad for a 5-year-old.

Everett is not philosophizing yet, but he does think he’s ready to drive:

Meanwhile, Avery dreams of opening his own car cleaning service:

“You work on this bit, Quincy… right… here”:

Quincy’s a good listener:

“I’ll clean up underneath”

“I know I can fit–a little help, please? Thanks!”

“You can pay us in old, dried-up tree branches. Thank you.”

Thanks for watching folks. This production has been brought to you by the following caprine personalities:

Quincy

And of course:

Avery

Thank you very much! Until next time…