Who's on first?

Last night for family home evening we discussed paying tithing. The kids clean house for my mom once a week and get paid $5. Emma does not like to part with her money so I anticipated this being a difficult concept for her to grasp. After the explanation Jesse gave using a lot of words and ideas I knew wouldn't sink in with her I took the lead. I talked about where our tithing goes and how it helps others and it helped to make our church building bigger recently. Tangible things I hoped she would understand. Heavenly Father gives us everything and he lets us keep 90% and all he wants is 10%. The kids jumped in with fractions and examples... if you have $10 you pay $1 for tithing. Emma just wanted to know the bottom line, but with so many people talking she just didn't understand.

She kept asking...so I have to give $2 for tithing?

No, when you make $5 you give two quarters.

So...that's not $2?

No, it is coins...50 cents. We go to the bank and give them your $5 and they give us $4 and 4 quarters and that equals your $5 then you give two quarters for tithing and you keep $4.50.

So I have to give them $2?

No, two quarters...50 cents.

Are the two quarters dollar bills?

No, they are coins. Only 50 cents.

Okay, but why does Heavenly Father only want that much when he gives us everything.

Because he loves us.

Okay so we give him $2 dollars, but how do we get it there? Do we just throw it up in the air and he catches it?

Yes, we make little air planes out of the $2 and we throw it as high as we can and the finger of God comes down and catches it.

Who's on first, What's on second, I don't know is on third...