The Creation Story According to Caedmon

Today at Blue Ridge Community Church, the two year olds learned that God created water. They made a cute little craft to remind them of this truth: a Ziploc baggie with blue toothpaste and "God made water" written on the front. Caedmon has played with and squished his "water" all afternoon.

To follow up on his lesson today, we sat down before bedtime and read the creation story aloud from The Beginners Bible. I let Caed fill in some of the blanks. It went like this:

Me: "In the beginning, the world was empty. Darkness was everywhere. But God had a plan. God separated the light from the darkness. 'Let there be light!' he said. And the light turned on. He called the light 'day'. And he called the darkness 'night.'  This was the end of the very first day."

<The following page includes a lovely picture of the ocean waters and fluffy white clouds in the blue sky.>

Me:  "And the next day, Caed, God made what?"

Caedmon: (with full enthusiasm as he throws his arms into the air)  "BISCUITS!"

<The next page is of a beautiful garden full of brightly colored flowers and trees>

Me: "And what did God make the next day, Caed?"

Caedmon: "SAUSAGE!"

I was really enjoying this, so I continued into the story of Adam and Eve.  I read: "Adam loved his new home. His job was to name all the animals" and then added: "Caed, if you had to name all the animals, what you would name them?"

He pointed to a butterfly and named it "Neigh." A toucan was named "Burred."  And a rabbit was officially named, "Daddy."

There you have it...the creation story from a two year old's perspective!