Wild clapping and more prayers for our food

On Monday, Molly suddenly started clapping. We're not sure when and how she acquired this skill, but we're so proud that we're showing her off to our friends and neighbors like she's a trained seal. She claps on command to the delight of anyone we ask her to clap for.

Molly also has adapted her clapping to her moods. Today when Chris picked her up from the church nursery school, she began her "happy clapping" when she saw him. When she gets angry or upset, she cries and claps at the same time. I'm not sure if I'm even that coordinated!

We have also been very happy about Josh's recent progress with his talking, thanks to school and the hours of therapy he receives every week. It seems that the better he talks, the more confident he becomes. Last night we were very surprised when he not only wanted to say the prayer before we ate, but he uttered a long and almost completely understandable blessing. It unfortunately did not mention food, but he did thank God for Christmas tree lights and for "window" starting with the letter W. That meant the big piece of broccoli we made him eat did not go down blessed.