Clayton prays by himself now

I am sure this happens in ALL families but I wanted to share the cute story of Clayton saying prayer all by himself. We take turns each night for dinner prayer - we almost have brawls over who gets to say it. Well Clayton had beaten out everyone the other night and when we asked him who he wanted to help him he said nothing so we just bowed our heads and waited to see. Well he started out very slowly, but you could tell he was concentrating, remembering what to say. His prayer, which I am sure is like most kids prayer was "Heavenly Fa-der, bless the food, bless the mish a maries, say these things, jesus name, Amen" As soon as he finished this the table erupted in applause and he was very proud of himself. Tristen commented on how well he says amen just like mom does and that seemed to please him also. Well...ever since that night last week, he hasn't allowed anyone to say dinner prayer, and he is continually asking for his turn with our family prayers at night and in the mornings...so this is a good thing :) The prayer is still very slow..but I guess we shouldn't critique his style - we should be happy he is learning...and that we are.