Goodbye Elmer

Yesterday we had to break the news to the boys that Grandma and Grandpa B's cat, 14 year old Elmer, died.  The craziest thing was that on the way to daycare/preschool the boys were talking about animals getting hit by cars and dying.  Both Nolan and Kale commented that animals are buried in the ground and then they go to heaven.

When we broke the news to them at dinner Nolan was pretty sad, he kept his head down for a little bit and didn't say anything.  Kale, on the other hand, started talking about, saying that Elmer will get buried in the ground and then go to heaven.  He then went on to say that if Leinie, the other cat, dies there will be no more cats at Grandma and Grandpa's house.  I guess we'll take whatever simple math he wants to do, even it involves cats dying!

I mentioned to Jane this morning that Elmer died, in the event that Kale talked about it.  She said that was so weird, because at lunch yesterday they were talking about pets and Kale said that Elmer and Leinie were his pets. Jane said she talked about a dog she used to have. Kale asked what happened to it and Jane explained that Toby had died and gone to heaven to live with the angels and God.  Kale told Jane that Toby must have gotten wings to fly up to heaven.