Lola Prays

It is the most precious thing when the 2-yr-old prays.  She is not as self-conscious as she used to be.  No more whispering and mumbling.  She's loud and fervent and furrows her brow.  And she has a lisp. 

The prayers tend to be a list of all the things she is thankful for, which are any of the things in her line of sight.  And, she smacks between phrases.  Just a little smack before she tackles another pile of objects she's thankful for.  "God, Sank you for our doors, for our windows, the trees, our chairs.  And for our hearts.  *smack* Our tummies are weewy, weewy yummy.  Sank you for Riley and Kate and Daddy and Claire, and sank you for our chairs again..."  And she always finishes with "...And for our lives, Amen."  Only with her lisp it's, "for our live-th."  

The other night at dinner she was just telling Nathan all the things we did that day and all the things we were going to have have at Claire's birthday party.  "Cake and ithing, and we got some mango and some strawberries.  Aaaamen.  Oh, OH!  Haha, not Amen.  Haha, I said amen."  

We just laugh at her constantly and mourn that she will grow up some day and begin to talk properly.