Scout finished his dinner last night and stood up on his chair and asked, “mommy, will you please get me down?”  I told him, “Scout, I am so happy….you were such a good boy at dinner tonight.  And thank you for asking nicely to get down.”  Then I gave him a big kiss and got him down.  As I was holding him to get him down he said, “Did you get tears in your eyes cause you’re so happy?”  I hadn’t, but after that comment I did.

On a different note, Scout has recently been known to throw a tantrum or two.  I am SO not into them and really wanted a way to curb them.  I tried time outs, ignoring them and a few others….all to no avail.  But then a stroke of genius came over me, and I have figured out a pretty decent trick.  As soon as Scout turns on the tantrum, I put my fingers in my ears so he sees me, and all but once, he has calmed down and then said, “Mommy, will you please take the teeny tiny microscopic fleck of pepper off of my food that is grossing me out.”  Maybe that is more detail than he says, but he does ask nicely with a please and thank you.  Glad I have this on up my sleeve.