Day: December 9, 2009

I am hoping that little Mr. Mack will be as polite in his future years as he is during his toddler years.  He just said to me, “Mommy, how you doin’?  Good?”  I told him I was good and asked how he was doing.  “Good!” he exclaimed.

At Wendy’s tonight he said, while finishing up his hamburger, “Thank you, Daddy!”  Then, Molly and Ruby chimed in with their thanks.  I just smiled, but that wasn’t enough.  “Say to Daddy Thank You, Mama.  Say Thank You.”  I complied.

And he will not go to sleep at night until he has gone into the girl’s room and said good night to them.  “Say Goo-Night, Mama.  Say Goo-Night to Dobby (Molly) and Rubby (Ruby).”

Like I said, I hope he keeps up such niceties.

Ruby gets to give each of her classmates a gift in the stockings that Mrs. Honaker has put up around the room for each of them.  I found some Readers at Family Bookstore on sale, and I thought they would make a perfect gift for Ruby to give to her friends.  She carefully wrote “From:  Ruby” on each one last night.

After dinner the kids were able to choose a gift from the basket.  The basket either has a wrapped Christmas book or a Christmas dvd.  They opened the new Veggie Tales video about Saint Nicholas.  It was so good!  We love this new tradition of opening something from the basket.  It helps them leave their stocking and wrapped gifts under the tree alone!