Celebrate!

Kenyon has a cousin, Ezra, that he loves to hang out with.  He lives in a nearby town and they get to see each other fairly often.

Kenyon and Ezra played together all morning while Ezra's mother stayed home and got nice church clothes together for a funeral as his great-grandpa had just died.

When we got home I explained that we couldn't see Ezra for several days while he traveled to attend a funeral.  How are you supposed to explain a funeral to a child?  I tried my best to explain to Kenyon in a somber tone that a funeral was sort of a celebration that Ezra's great-grandpa got to go to Heaven.
Kenyon sat very quietly for a moment, trying to process the information.  You could see the moment it 'clicked' in his mind.  He leapt up off the stairs, threw his hands high into the air and yelled, "CELEBRATE! YAY!"

Good one, God.  Good one.