It's amazing how much a small child learns about manners from the people surrounding her. It's equally amazing how hard small chidren try to do the polite thing. Sasha says "please" and "thank you" now. Not all the time, mind you, but it's not rare, either.
But sometimes this urge to imitate leads her horribly astray.
Matt is, shall we say, a little free with the horn when he's driving. "Hell-O," he'll say to the car drifting into our lane, usually followed by "get off the PHONE!"
On Saturday, we were out in the car, and Matt had occasion to honk. "Hi!" Sasha chimed in from the back seat. We laughed a little bit and let it go.
On Sunday, we were out again, and ditto with the honking. "Hi!" Sasha said at the sound of the horn, and with enthusiasm, I might add. Just as an experiment, we tooted the horn a few more times, all scientific-like. Each time, "Hi!" she would say. Clearly she has learned how this is supposed to work. My baby is so smart.
My kitchen is: Sink full of dirty dishes, dishwasher full of clean ones; and I made muffins this morning. But mostly clean, clean, hooray. I'm getting to be pretty good at this.
Posted by andrea at March 17, 2004 08:47 PMThe horn isn't usually a prelude to pleasant
discourse. Someday she will see that - so sad.
On a happier note - Andrea, you may already know the Tigers beat the Mets yesterday. And
The Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair 2004. July 21st - 24th. Looking forward to seeing you then.
Be prepared for the next step of this awesome game!
When -she- honks the horn, and waits expectantly for one you you to yell "HEEEELLLLLLL-OOOOOOO!"
*grins* Kids rule. :)
Congratulations! Exellent parenting skills, teaching the child to turn that negative around to positive, your going to have one bright chrismatic child in the future:)
Take care!:)
Posted by: Andrea on March 18, 2004 10:29 PMNeat Andrea. There is hope you know. My teenagers wash their own clothes and iron the ones that need it, clean the house and their own rooms, cook meals, clean the yard and never say sh*t, which is quite good in my humble opinion.
Posted by: David on April 5, 2004 02:37 AM