Prayers

Tonight getting Jacob ready for bed, we knelt down to say prayers. His prayers, if he had his way would be, "Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for the day. Please bless us. In the name...." We are trying to get him to expand what he says. Even at the table when we are blessing the food and the food is sitting right there in front of him he says,"Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for the day. Please bless us. In the name...." He also does not like us to interject and have him add things to his prayers.

So tonight I asked him to think of something to be thankful for and something to ask for. He said, "Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for today. Please help Mom to be not be so demanding. In the name..."

Jason told me that earlier in the evening Jacob was outside with Jason and he told him, "Dad why don't you go back inside and stop bothering me" (he is young enough that we follow him around outside). Then they came inside and Jason told him to take off his shoes. Jacob started to say, "Dad help me take off my shoes they are double knotted!" "Dad, get me some milk and some juice!" "Dad pull of my socks!" (They had been playing soccer.) Jason told him, "Jake you need to stop being so demanding." Jacob asked what demanding was. Jason told him it was being bossy and told him if he wanted things he needed to ask nicely.

So I'm guessing I need to start asking him to do things more nicely?????
Ah, children.