Lying...is that like dying?...Is Jesus Chuckie cheese's...And the whole thing is confusing

Funny story...Alex was eating a snack before dinner and I came up from the basement and she told me someone ate one of her crackers. Well, considering there are only three humans that live in this house and one dog (and two of the three humans were in the basement) I was assuming she meant the pooch. I said, "Alex, did you give it to Cooper?" And she very seriously said, "No. He took it off my plate." Really? Hmmm. I say, "So Cooper got up ontop of the table with all of his paws and took the cracker off your plate?" Serious look, "Yup, I think he did" she says while nodding her head, eyes very wide. Well then I had to go on and on about lying and that we don't lie EVER (unless it's to not hurst someone's feelings which sorta confused her---shoulda left that part out) and that lying makes mommy sad, blah blah blah, on and on.

I explained that next time she tells a lie to mommy or anyone she will get an immediate time out and this was her one warning. Then she said, "But Mama! You SAID when we go up there (points up) with Chucky Cheezush and Geezush and Mary, not in time out."I have heard her refer to Jesus (aka Geezush) as Chuckie Cheezush before but it's like they have become a team now. If one is mentioned so is the other or one can fill in for the other--they are interchangeable. So anyway the whole conversation got very confusing for me and I'm assuming the three year old...were we talking about lying or dying? I couldn't figure it out. So I moved on, kissed her on the head and left it with, "It is important we always tell the truth". She gave me an approving nod.

[while they certaintly don't resemble one another, I can see the confusion with the name thing, right?]

Later I was telling the story to Tim and he said, "Actually Cooper has been known these days to take food off the table if the room is unattended so she probably wasn't lying." Good info...a deep confusing converstaion later and a few hours too late.