Possibly the most mangled Lord's Prayer ever

Middle Child did the morning announcements over the school intercom yesterday. Though he can read very well for a 4-year-old, the principal read the announcements. He just read a cute little prayer and then said the Our Father.

It went something like this:
Our Father, whose art's in heaven, hello be my name.
My king has come and will be done on "erf" as a heaven.
Give us today a daily bread and (mumble, mumble)
As we forget those who dress past again us.
And (mumble, mumble) but deliver us some email. Amen.

And this is the child who, last Christmas, put on a play and then came around and blessed us all. Or the one who makes us genuflect in front of my mom's Mary statue every time we pass by it in my parents' garden.

Oh, and then they played the national anthem off of a CD player. The principal holds the mike near the speakers which was also near Middle Child. The little patriot sung O Canada REAL LOUD.

I walked with him back to his classroom, wiping the remaining tears of laughter I peeled with the school secretary out in the hall. Teachers popped their heads out of their classroom giving Middle Child high-fives. "Best announcements EVER!" "Great job!" and "That was worth coming to work for!"