watch out world

You take your kids out in the world.  You want them to know the world.   People scowl at me when my kids are in church, a restaurant or even the store.  But, they are still well within the appropriate wheelhouse for occasional tantrums or rude behavior.  I am doing my due diligence to make sure that by the time they need to behave – they will.   I see signs of this paying off already.  

Yesterday, B went up to the server and said: “Um… waitress – I mean server, I was wondering if you possibly had dessert at this restaurant.”  

Note:  They do have dessert and dessert was included free with the meal.  B can’t read that yet.

The very professional waitress looked at me, took my cue and then at the overly cute and polite child and said: “No, I am sorry, we don’t have dessert here.  Would you like some celery instead?”

B: “Celery is for the Wonder Pets.  It kind of hurts my teeth and I am saving my teeth for the dentist.  Thank you though.” 

This particular interaction is brought to you buy countless days in a restaurant when we had someone yelling  “no I-don’t-want-to-eat-that-food.  BAD.  I-want-to-go-right-now.”   It was also brought to you by the same girl that decided (under very very creative circumstances) to turn her water glass into a fishbowl. 

So watch out world, my toddlers are interacting with you.   You will be happy when my school-agers are, on the whole, productive citizens.