One of the things we want to instill in our children is gratitude and gratefulness. So every night each one of us says something that we're thankful for from that day. It can be as simple as what we had for dinner to something really special that happened that day. Recently Micah has decided that he is big enough to join in this ritual. It's not possible to skip over him because he will get this adamantly angry look on his face and say, "No Mommy! Micah's turn! Micah thankful!" So, we ask him, "Micah, what are you thankful for today?" And he always says, "I'm thankful for..." then he pauses to think about something. The thing is, he pauses so long that he forgets what he was saying and we have to ask him again. Then he starts over, "I'm thankful for..." pause. We go through this several times. Every. Night. If you try to suggest something to him, he gets the angry look again because he wants to come up with it himself. It can be really cute, but it can be really painful as we wait every night for him to think of something he's thankful for. He used to get on a roll and say the same thing every night. For example, for weeks he was thankful for Uncle Mike. Now he's more into a varied response that takes forever to come up with. Oh well. We press on in our pursuit of grateful children, I guess.
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