A Few Cute Moments to Share

Brendan's meal prayer-
The other day at lunch, Brendan kept asking me to pray again. Well, we had already said Komm' Herr Jesu once, and after 3 or 4 extra prayers, I told him that if he wanted to pray some more, he was going to have to do it himself. He paused for a moment, fold his hands, looked up and said, "Jesus. Nummy, nummy carrots. Thank you. Amen." Then he ate his carrots. It's the first prayer he's come up with on his own.
No, Thank you, Luke-
Two days ago, Brendan was sitting in my lap, talking to my mom on the phone, when Luke walked up to us with a sippy cup of water. He offered it to Brendan, who responded, "No, thank you, Luke." That's the first time he's said no thank you. We've only been working with him on that for a little while, too.
Thank you, Pearl-
That same day, Brendan found a small feather on the floor. He brought it to me and asked what it was. I told him that it was a feather from Miss Pearl (our parakeet). He walked over to the bookshelf where she lives and said, "Thank you for pretty feather, Miss Pearl. Thank you!"
Signing "I love you"-
Yesterday, he mastered signing I love you. He started doing it at dinner, signing it and saying "Love you Luke! Love you Mama! Love you Daddy!" He was incredibly proud of himself. He did it again at bedtime, laying in bed and signing it to me while I rocked and nursed Luke.