Monday, January 22, 2007
Ason is on the right
For those of you who ask, "Hey - How is your sister doing?"
I thought I would just post a picture of her little sweeties (she seems too busy to do it herself - but I suppose she has an excuse.) I put the kids on the bed in order of height. Starting from the left, Rocket, Racer, and Ason. The boys seem to be doing fine as long as mom is holding them - ugh! Ason loves his new word "baby" and gives them kisses and hugs.
Labels: family
Friday, January 05, 2007
You're Welcome
Thank you notes are a bit of a controversy in my family.
The bottom line of the controversy is “Is a Thank You note really necessary if you thank the giver in person?”
Being the middle child, I don’t involve myself in this controversy. I am not offended when I don’t get a thank you, but always try to get my thank yous out in a timely fashion. I am the peace keeper. I don’t want to upset either side of this big controversy.
Passing on the good values that come with writing thank yous, I sat down with Roo to write her Christmas Thank Yous. I told her that she couldn’t keep the gifts if she doesn’t write thank yous for them. The process goes like this: Roo dictates a message to me and she writes her own name. Simple enough for a four year old. She loved licking the envelope and putting on the stamp. It was a fun activity to do together.
Like most children, Roo loves getting and sending mail. Often times I announce to her, “Look, Capital One sent you mail again today!” She loves getting her own cardboard credit cards in the mail.
Yesterday, Roo was so excited to receive a thank you note from her cousin, ‘Third Son’ or ‘4’, the names his parents use for him in their blogs. For simplicity sake, I will refer to him as Cousin. Roo walked around with his card reading in over and over for an hour. After a while, she announced that she was going to send him a thank you note – for the thank you note. I convinced her that sending a thank you for a thank you might start a vicious cycle, and maybe a ‘You’re Welcome’ card might be more appropriate. She eagerly agreed and got out her supplies.
She asked me to write “Cousin’ and ‘You’re Welcome’ on a piece of paper so she could copy it down. She began writing. She kept me updated on her progress and asked many questions.
Roo:
Does Cousin like rainbows? I am going to draw a one.
Why doesn’t Cousin have an ‘s’ in his name? That’s a tricky letter.
Does Cousin like eyeballs? That’s the toy we gave him.
How do you write an upside-down M? I can write M’s.
Does Cousin like boogers?
Me: Huh? Boogers? Well I don’t think so. I know he likes to learn about the human body, but I don’t think he LIKES boogers.
Roo: Okay, then I’ll take the booger off the paper.
Me: Who’s booger?
Roo: Mine. I picked my nose.
The bottom line of the controversy is “Is a Thank You note really necessary if you thank the giver in person?”
Being the middle child, I don’t involve myself in this controversy. I am not offended when I don’t get a thank you, but always try to get my thank yous out in a timely fashion. I am the peace keeper. I don’t want to upset either side of this big controversy.
Passing on the good values that come with writing thank yous, I sat down with Roo to write her Christmas Thank Yous. I told her that she couldn’t keep the gifts if she doesn’t write thank yous for them. The process goes like this: Roo dictates a message to me and she writes her own name. Simple enough for a four year old. She loved licking the envelope and putting on the stamp. It was a fun activity to do together.
Like most children, Roo loves getting and sending mail. Often times I announce to her, “Look, Capital One sent you mail again today!” She loves getting her own cardboard credit cards in the mail.
Yesterday, Roo was so excited to receive a thank you note from her cousin, ‘Third Son’ or ‘4’, the names his parents use for him in their blogs. For simplicity sake, I will refer to him as Cousin. Roo walked around with his card reading in over and over for an hour. After a while, she announced that she was going to send him a thank you note – for the thank you note. I convinced her that sending a thank you for a thank you might start a vicious cycle, and maybe a ‘You’re Welcome’ card might be more appropriate. She eagerly agreed and got out her supplies.
She asked me to write “Cousin’ and ‘You’re Welcome’ on a piece of paper so she could copy it down. She began writing. She kept me updated on her progress and asked many questions.
Roo:
Does Cousin like rainbows? I am going to draw a one.
Why doesn’t Cousin have an ‘s’ in his name? That’s a tricky letter.
Does Cousin like eyeballs? That’s the toy we gave him.
How do you write an upside-down M? I can write M’s.
Does Cousin like boogers?
Me: Huh? Boogers? Well I don’t think so. I know he likes to learn about the human body, but I don’t think he LIKES boogers.
Roo: Okay, then I’ll take the booger off the paper.
Me: Who’s booger?
Roo: Mine. I picked my nose.
Me: Good idea.
As far as Roo knows, we sent off the 'You’re Welcome' card to Cousin. But for Cousin’s sake, I just put it in the recycling bin - booger and all.
So, Cousin, Thanks for the Thank You. And You’re Welcome
