lyla loves to pray

as soon as we are all seated for dinner, lyla reaches for our hands and says, "pay?" and she always try's to beat adam to the amen.

i normally don't pray with her before bed. we always pray with eli before bed, but i haven't thought to do it with her. i just always pray for her silently while i'm waiting for her to go to sleep.
but tonight i thought, "what am i doing? why should i not include her in this?" so i sat her on my lap facing me, held her incredibly small hands and told her we were going to pray. after i finished, she smiled and hugged me. spontaneously. hugs are usually either asked for or a product of elation after a separation of some amount of time. but this was a hug for praying. she loves to pray.