Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego

Sunday afternoon, after Home Group and a few errands,
this ole momma was whooped. I decided to take a
nap while Bruce and Royanne were outside.
A lot of times, my week catches up with me on
Sunday.

As we were doing those dreaded errands,
(dreaded when you have a sleepy 3 year old with you),
Royanne was telling me about the furnace and
Shadrach, Meshach and Adednego. Except she
couldn't remember how to say Shadrach.
So she was just leaving him out.
She told us about the hot furnace and how
the mean man tried to burn them.
How the angel protected them.
I said, "What book is that in?"
She didn't remember.
I said, "Daniel. They were Daniel's friends."
I said, "Who was the King?"
She didn't remember.
I said, "Nebuchadnezzar."

After the last errand, she fell asleep, so we made
2 more unplanned stops, and Bruce went in alone.
He was looking for one last item to complete a
Halloween costume.

Once home, Bruce and R went outside and I headed
for the bed. I heard them come in and out and R
told me they were going to go down the street
so she could ride her bike.

During the next few hours, their noises faded in and out;
I was so tired!
When I woke up, Bruce relayed this story to me:

He said they'd tried to wake me a few times because
R wanted to tell me about her experiences down the
road. She'd spotted a small seed of some kind as she was
riding, and she made Bruce stop right there and
dig a hole and plant it in someone's yard. She'd
been greeted by one of the ladies we see on a
regular basis, walking her miles, as we are outside in the
front yard. They always have a little conversation. Bruce
wondered why this stranger stopped to chat, but I told
him it must be our walker-friend.
He said she talked non stop the whole time.
She really had a lot to say about Meshach and
Abednego. Everytime he'd tell her, "You've left out
Shadrach!" and she'd say, "Oh yeah!"

This is where it gets funny: when they came back
in, R said she was 'really sweaty' and and wanted to
take a bath. Bruce suggested a shower would be better,
and she agreed. She announced that Meshach &
Abednego were going to take a shower with her.
He said, "You've left out Shadrach."
She said, "Oh, yeah!"
She talked to them and soaped them up real well.
When she got out to dry off, she asked for
another towel for them, a hand towel.
She said she'd need a big towel for herself,
and dried them one at a time.

After all were refreshed, she continued to play with
them. She went and got her doll that giggles,
a ball and her puppy, Pepper. She put them in the bed
with me and told Bruce they were all going to
'watch a little TV'. He told her to move the ball that
was up against my back, and she told him no, that
"Abednego wants to sleep with momma."
Shadrach and Meshach were the other two toys,
I guess.

I wonder where Daniel was?