November 11, 2008.

When my children are young and I am teaching them to pray, I say the words of the prayer and have them repeat after me. This has always worked well and we do this until they are old enough to decide exactly what they want to say. Usally it goes something like this. Please help me to sleep good, (echo), please help me to share nicely, (echo), thank Thee for my family, (echo), etc. Well tonight I was helping Brancyn say his prayers, and it was more like this.
Thank Thee for my friends (me). Thank Thee for your friends (Brancyn), Thank Thee for my teachers, (me). Thank Thee for your teachers (Brancyn) etc. He had me all but laughing by the end of the prayer. I don't think I've had a two year old yet that has had such a great command on the English language that he would even put that together. Usually you are still hearing them say things like "me want to" instead of "I want to" or "Mommy do that" instead of "you do that". So for him to insert your rather than just repeat me was too funny. He is such a nut!