Yeah is not a bad word...

I don't know if anyone else has dealt with this with their children, but for the last little while we have been trying really hard to teach Evie how to graciously accept a compliment. She gets compliments everywhere we go, on her hair, her outfits, or just told that she is so pretty. (As her parents we completely agree with these people's astute observations, but we also don't want her to get a swelled head or think that outer beauty is more important than inner beauty...) Her standard answer was usually to tilt her chin to her shoulder, bat her eyelashes and say in a sweet little voice, "Yeah." So for the past week or two we have been trying very hard to instill the concept that when someone gives you a compliment you say "thank you, not yeah..." Well, today in the grocery store the lady in line behind me began to talk to my kids, and told them they were very cute and smart, and she was very impressed with Evie's hair-do. They in return were more than happy to visit with her and share all their combined knowledge of the world the way only a 2 and 5 year old can. In response to something Jacob told her she said politely, "Oh, yeah?" And Evie piped right up and told her, "We DON'T say yeah, we say thank you!" (Ok, so she may not totally get the point yet, but at least she'll sound more polite, right?)

She cracks me up. Her little personality is just coming out stronger and stronger every day. A little while ago she was watching her dad struggling to walk across the room and she said out of the blue, "Daddy, just get over it and walk." We looked at each other in shock then burst out laughing. She is just outrageous sometimes. One day I was doing the dishes and Evie was coloring at the counter. When I yelled down to Jake to ask him to do a dish-run through the house she looked at me and said, "Sheesh Mom, will you we-lax?" It is so hard to not laugh and tell her that she can't talk to adults like that. She also loves to say the blessing on the food, but she will NOT shut her eyes while we pray. We are constantly reminding her to do that, and the last time she didn't I asked her why she wouldn't close her eyes during the prayer. She looked at me like I was slow and said, "Mommy, I can't see in the dark." Love that two-year old logic.

*side note: This is my 100th post! It only took me two years. "...and there was much rejoicing... yea!"