This morning, as I do every morning, I told my children what the ‘theme of today’ is.
God, how boring am I?
This week we have had ‘Be Kind’ Day, ‘Be Nice to Bubby (your brother)’ Day, ‘No Shouting’ Day (that includes me too) and ‘No Hitting’ Day (which never works between two fighting brothers).
So today for about the seventh time this month it is ‘Good Manners’ Day. We’ve been practicing Good Manners for months now. After every request or acknowledgement poor Harry has to repeat the phrase he has just said, this time including ‘please’ or ‘thank you’. I think I’m teaching it to him too young though, because HE JUST DOESN’T GET IT. EVER.
That doesn’t stop me though. (Of course it doesn’t!)
So today I say to Harry and William, “boys, today is Good Manners Day.”
William looks completely nonplussed at this announcement. Harry just has an exasperated looked on his face.
I persevere. “What does that mean, Harry?” Hoping he will say “milk please, Mummy” I ask, “it means that at breakfast you have to say ‘I would like some more….?” And then I pause.
Without skipping a beat Harry replies, “money, Mummy. I would like some more money.”
Who cares about the manners, he makes me so proud!
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