Who Knew?

Recently I've gotten wind of my boys behaving well. Really, who knew they had it in them?

One of Calder's teachers told me today that Calder is the BEST, yes, not one of the better, but the BEST behaved and well-mannered child in the class. Oh "yes ma'am," "no sir," "please," "thank you," "you're welcome," and "excuse me," are all being used properly and repeatedly. Whoa. For example, today in the playground some children were playing ball a little close to a teacher. Calder apparently walked over, said "Excuse me, please stop throwing the ball, you are going to hit my teacher." When the others said, "What? Which teacher?", etc., Calder repeated, "Excuse me, please stop throwing the ball, you are going to hit my teacher Ms. Doris." Well then, I am impressed, and perhaps a little shocked.

Milo too has thrown us a curve ball. Twice now I've learned that he's been the "role model" for the day, which means he's demonstrated that he follows the rules of the class without being asked, and so he gets to wear a yellow heart pinned to his shirt for a day. The first time he was granted this honor his teacher, Ms. Smith, told me at the end of the day when I picked Milo up from school. The second (I guess) time I only found out because they forgot to take the yellow heart off his shirt at dismissal. Perhaps this good behavior has happened more than twice. I wouldn't know.