The Ten Commandments

Have you taught your kids about the ten commandments yet?

When we put the boys to bed each night we read out of the illustrated scripture stories... we call it "reading scripture power". We are currently reading about Moses and the exodus, so naturally, the ten commandments comes up. I was explaining why Heavenly Father gave us the commandments, and then proceeded to tell what they are. Try explaining them to a 5 and 3 year old... it requires breaking them down into the simplest concepts. Here's the basic idea of how it went:
Me: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Daxton: What does that mean mama?
Me: Hmm... it means that we only worship Heavenly Father.
Daxton: What does worship mean?
Me: You know when we go to church and we sing songs and learn about Heavenly Father? That is how we worship him.

Me: Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
Daxton: What does that mean mama?
Me: It means that we don't say the word God unless we are talking about God.
Daxton: I don't understand what that means.
Me: Do any of your friends ever say, "Oh my God"?
Daxton: No.
Me: OK, well you should just never say the word God, unless you're talking about your Heavenly Father.
Daxton: Sometimes when I'm at school I say, "You're not the boss of me, Jesus is." (Me thinking: Oh brother) Is that what you mean?
Me: Well, not exactly, but you probably shouldn't say that. You could just say "You're not the boss of me", but that's not very nice either.
Daxton: Alright.

Me: Thou shalt not commit adultery. (Here we go... I know what's coming)
Daxton: What is that? (and there it is)
Me: Hmmm... Well you know how mommy and daddy are married? We made a commitment to each other to only be with each other, and not anyone else.
Daxton: I don't get it.
Me: Daddy and Mommy only kiss each other. If we kissed someone else it would be adultery.
Daxton: You kiss me.
Me: OK, we can kiss each other and anyone in our family.
Daxton: How about Nana?
Me: Yes, she's in our family.... that would be fine.
Daxton: And Tabitha?
Me: Yes, she's in our family too.


Oh, I was sweating! This was one of the more complicated conversations I've had with Daxton and I was so nervous I was going to say the wrong thing or give him an example that would backfire on me and he'd talk about for years.
I think it went ok, but that remains to be seen. He has the most amazing memory and I'm sure that a year from now he'll remember something I said and ask me about it as though he's been pondering it all that time.
If anyone has had this conversation with your kids I'd love to know how exactly you explain adultery to a child.