A Prayer for the Cranky Mum

It’s a great thing to teach your child how to pray. You know, if you happen to believe in God and think that talking to him regular like is a good thing.

And it makes for some really cute happenstances. Like your kids teaching their stuffed animals how to pray.

The one weeee bitty problem is when your daughter starts a prayer like this:

“Dear Heavenly Father, please help Mommy to be happy, so she can give us lots of candy. And really, really be happy, and after lunch, we can play my favourite game and all be happy together…”

Or like this:

“Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this day, thank you for supper, please bless it. And really bless Daddy, and really really bless Mommy that she will not eat all the cookies and we can all has some and share together and be happy and be good listeners and…”

Yeah.

Not only is she trying to manipulate me via prayer, she’s totally tattling on me too! And I guess it’s a sign of increased maturity on my part that I’m laughing over it instead of feeling miffed!

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21 Comments

  1. Lydia has yet to say an independent prayer. We keep praying with her, and usually she won’t follow along. It is funny to see what little kids pray for!

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    Posted February 25, 2009 at 6:11 am | Permalink
  2. I love their prayers. One of my favorites at my house, “Please bless our dinner so it won’t be gross…” Thanks, guys.

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    Posted February 25, 2009 at 6:17 am | Permalink
  3. Your kids are so cute Kim.
    I used to get “Please bless our dinner so it won’t be poison…”

    But at least they weren’t tattling on me. I’m glad they’re old enough to know better than to say “Please bless that daddy won’t find out that mommy was blogging all day instead of doing laundry…”

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    Posted February 25, 2009 at 6:54 am | Permalink
  4. Out of the mouths of babes . . . scary how observant the little buggers are.

    Annette´s last blog post..About a House

    Posted February 25, 2009 at 7:19 am | Permalink
  5. hahahahaha…the only thing i can really say is that emma sounds like she’s inherited her mum’s smarts and wit! what can you do, it’s in her genes. :)

    nic´s last blog post..the 411

    Posted February 25, 2009 at 7:44 am | Permalink
  6. Cute, Cute, kids. Enjoy them while they are young. Before you know it, they will be all grown up and gone and you will miss all their sweet cuteness.

    Amelia´s last blog post..This is Me . . . FAT

    Posted February 25, 2009 at 8:41 am | Permalink
  7. I promise you: this will only continue in hilarity and intensity as they age….

    Novembrance´s last blog post..It’s Like He’s Reading My Mind

    Posted February 25, 2009 at 9:16 am | Permalink
  8. Beth

    That’s totally cute. Good for her, and you, too.

    Logan usually has a set prayer that he does, but every once in awhile he’ll remember to branch out: he’s prayed a “thank-you” for his new WALL-E toy and blessed that “Grandma can bring more blueberry muffins” (I never buy those mini-muffins he loves so much; what a meanie mom). ;-) I love it.

    Posted February 25, 2009 at 9:37 am | Permalink
  9. Oh yeah, we have prayers like that all of the time. Although, my three year old tends to say, “Please bless me to poop in the toilet. And please bless me and Ethan to not hit each other.” Every prayer. Every time.

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    Posted February 25, 2009 at 12:37 pm | Permalink
  10. Haha! That’s awesome!

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    Posted February 25, 2009 at 1:41 pm | Permalink
  11. Children’s prayers truly are the best :) !!

    An Ordinary Mom´s last blog post..Let Go Of The Guilt, There Are Seasons In Life

    Posted February 25, 2009 at 1:43 pm | Permalink
  12. Oh my goodness! That’s hilarious! My girls use their Barbies to tattle on me. Somehow the mom always sounds a little annoyed :( Oops. I think I’m ready for my holiday and hopefully I’ll come home with more patience. xoxo

    Posted February 25, 2009 at 2:21 pm | Permalink
  13. LOL! Yeah, that’s the trick one about prayer. You want your kids to have faith that their prayers will be answered, but then they start praying for candy. Too funny. :)

    Btw, thanks for dropping by my blog! I always love to meet new mommies! Come by any time. :)

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    Posted February 25, 2009 at 2:28 pm | Permalink
  14. hahaha. Your daughter is a genius I believe.

    deconstructing jen´s last blog post..headed to the windy city

    Posted February 25, 2009 at 4:39 pm | Permalink
  15. I love that you got tattled on.

    (btw, you may know me from other blogs such as the one i’m not mentioning any more… )

    And okay, I may not have anyone tattling to BOB on me, but Monkeyboy today said to me, “what did i say!” when I threw a book to the chair. He continued, “I said no throwing!” Clearly he has *heard* what I’ve said to *him*….

    Is your revision reposted? MU HU HA HA HA HA HA…

    btw * 2 – if you figure out who i am, SHSHSH. and now it says my site has no feed. must check that. what? okay. will be back.

    Posted February 25, 2009 at 5:41 pm | Permalink
  16. OH NO…Mommy, please don’t eat all the cookies. Or your daughter’s belief in God might be altered! :) That’s a great weight loss program!

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    Posted February 25, 2009 at 6:11 pm | Permalink
  17. That is just too cute!

    Tracy´s last blog post..I’m not usually ungenerous

    Posted February 25, 2009 at 7:31 pm | Permalink
  18. Maybe she has found a way to make mommy happy and she is milking it for all she’s worth. :)

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    Posted February 25, 2009 at 8:31 pm | Permalink
  19. #1- sorry for being a bad blog friend. I’m recommitting cause I miss cool people like you.

    #2- My kids TOTALLY do that. Why do they think during the prayer is a good time to say, ‘and please bless us that we can have ice cream for dessert’. Little turds.

    Posted February 26, 2009 at 12:00 am | Permalink
  20. ~snigger~

    I still think my all time favorite prayer was in my Sunday School class–I teach the 12 year olds. One of the girls prayed “And please let the boys be quiet and listen today.”

    Love that girl!

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    Posted February 26, 2009 at 8:25 am | Permalink
  21. Oh that’s bad. Hee hee. :D

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    Posted February 26, 2009 at 2:31 pm | Permalink

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