Tonight as we sat down for dinner, we held out our hands linking Eli's with ours and I said out of the blue, "let's have Eli say grace". We closed our eyes and put our heads down and of course as expected there was silence. Then I looked at my son and said, "Eli, just say Amen".
"Amen" was the reply and dinner was on... this was the first time he's ever said Amen.
Halfway through dinner, Eli gets into his usual position of slouching on his seat. If he lived in Jesus' time, he'd be perfect for the part. He's slouching and then next thing you know, he puts his foot on the dining table. After a few times to telling him NO and getting a laugh from him, Calvin spanked him for the first time. It took 3 spankings on his foot for him to figure out that we meant NO feet on the dining table. Oh well, at least dinner started with Amen...
