I posted this in a comment on This Classical Life, because Kristen is teaching it to her students.

But it really deserves all the glamour of a full fledged post, so here we go. It’s a good Christmas song by one of my favorite musicians, Andrew Peterson. It’s a little over 2mb.

Matthew’s Begats.

Children are so fun. They learn so much and so easily.

About a month ago, I instituted a new little family tradition. I made a list of a few things that we can say/sing together before dinner. On the list, so far, is The Lord’s Prayer, the Apostle’s Creed, the Doxology, the Gloria Patri and Psalm 150B (from The Book of Psalms for Singing). We would cycle through them during the week. Geneva knows the doxology and recognizes Psalm 150, but the others she didn’t have a clue on. And since we weren’t repeating it, she wasn’t getting it. So starting some time last week, I decided that we’d just stick with the Lord’s Prayer for the time being so she can learn it (I chose that from the list because we say it corporately at church, and Geneva can therefore say it with the rest of the body).

She’s already getting it. Last night she was saying it with us. She didn’t get all of it, but she’s learning it. I don’t know why it should be surprising to me. I know in my head that it’s the way God designed things to work. But when I heard her saying that prayer with us, I looked up with a big smile, and looked at Megan, who was smiling back at me with the same look. It’s so exciting to see my little girl learning these things.

Heh… I just remember this… Last night, when we sat down for dinner, I asked Geneva if she knew how the Lord’s Prayer begins, and she said “Bread and wine”. Isn’t that cute? She thought I was talking about the Lord’s Supper.

And, just for fun, here is a list of Geneva’s favorite things this week: If You Give A Moose A Muffin, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and taking off her pants and diaper and running around the house fully liberated.