amen

Meal time prayer:

Mommy: "Give us grateful hearts, our Father, for all your mercies, and make us mindful of the needs of others. Amen."
Daddy: "Amen."
Baby: "Uhm-nya."

The first time it happened, we thought, "What a cute coincidence, the timing, and the sound." The second time it happened, we just looked at each other. But the third time it was pretty clear that Elijah was trying to repeat the word after us. Each time we pray before a meal, he stops doing whatever he is doing, and watches us rather intently. He is obviously recognizing that there's a pattern, and that it always ends with the same word. Should we, perhaps, consider "amen" to be his first word?