A happy, healthy update.

Is it Friday already? Wow! Where do the days go? They are flying by me so quickly I even forgot to share that E is 19 months old (7 days ago). Maybe that’s why we celebrate birthdays once a year. Celebrating a monthly birthday is just too much.

Well, since time flies by so quickly and my blog posts have been fewer and fewer lately I better give you an update.

E is still very much in love with Elmo. Elmo cereal, stuffed Elmo, Elmo lunch box (I had to get it for her!), and some Elmo TV shows. She loves it all. We visited the used toy shop in town and once we found a tiny Elmo character she was done. Plopped right down on her baby bottom and sat and played with the mini figurine, mini wagon and mini easle until it was time to go. Sadly, she is slowly moving away from ‘Poo-Bee’ (aka Pooh Bear and not to be confused with poopy). She still likes the memorabilia but not the movie. Maybe the 1410 times we watched it was enough for her.

She says, ‘you’re welcome.’ My 19 month old says 'you’re welcome'! I could skip around the block. I am amazed at her politeness. It’s been equal efforts from myself, R and our awesome daycare provider but the fact that she knows how to use and when to say the words ‘you’re welcome’ makes this mama very pleased. It’s confirmed: we’re doing a good job.

Well, I finally set foot on a golf course, this season anyways. Sadly, it came in the way of wet feet, grey skies and search party of three. R had a little (okay BIG) mishap with our car keys. A sleepless night, stomach ache and 2 hours of looking later we found them. Thank you to all that helped in our search for the missing keys. It saved us more than you know!

Other than that things are going very well! Work is good, everyone is healthy and happy. 

Have a great weekend. 

Also known as peas.

On my usual morning commute to work I found myself very dissatisfied with the music that the majority of radio stations were playing, which is rather normal for me. I steer clear of rap, hip hop and the songs with non-sense lyrics, if you will (swearing, trash, sex, drugs, etc.). I recently found that I enjoy talk radio in the AM; mainly the broadcasters conversations that offer interesting, worth while information. I must have been in a rare mood this morning because even this wasn't peeking my interest.

After scanning through several stations I eventually found a topic that intrigued me. A conversation about teaching children manners. My ears perked up. I was completely engaged. The conversation began because one of the broadcasters found that he was not getting positive results from viewers when he mentioned how important it is to him that his children understand proper manners; opening a door for a lady, saying excuse me, please and thank you, etc.

I couldn't believe some of the things callers were saying. Encounters with screaming children in shopping centers, burping, farting, language. I'm sure we have all had our fare share of these types of behaviors.

You know, I could focus on the negative behavior but I'd rather focus on the positive aspects of the original radio conversation. I 100% agree with the broadcaster that talked about teaching his children to say please when asking for a snack or seconds at the dinner table. I believe it is very important to teach your children what is acceptable and what is not acceptable. Manners being one of those many things, one of those acceptable things.

He also mentioned how what are children and grand children will be is what the future will be. They are our future. It is truly up to us to build them into proper, respectful human beings so that the future population will be more positive.

I believe acts of kindness, being polite and courteous is very important. I have already began teaching E a few things. She has learned please (also known as "peas") and thank you, which is proof that starting at a very young age is possible.

What are you doing to teach your children and grand children what is acceptable and unacceptable? I would like to see what viewers have to say on this topic. Be sure to comment as others can learn from your story too.