We will sit down to start eating and say, "Grace, we're going to thank God for our food," (because "thanking God" seems less confusing than "saying grace") and hold out our hands to her. She usually whines/moans/squeals and says, "No thank God, no thank God." So we thank God and get on with our meal.

A few minutes later (when she is ready) Grace holds out her hands (one to each of us) and squeezes her eyes tight shut – this is her sign that she is ready to pray. If we happen to ask her if she wants to thank God she will usually open her mouth and point to the food inside of it to say, "I can't speak, my mouth is full." We thank God (again) and afterwards Grace says, "Ahhhhhhh-men!"