Thank you!

We have taught Andrew to say please and thank you and welcome and he says these most of the time without prompting. Sometimes he says 'thank you, welcome.' He is starting to say them more to other people, strangers. Today his grandma took him to McDonald's for lunch and he said thank you when people gave him things. He was very talkative today, he usually isn't with people he doesn't know. He does like to flirt with them and get their attention though. The other day daddy took him with to the grocery store and the girl at the deli counter asked if Andrew would like a piece of cheese and he said 'please' and he said 'thank you' when she gave it to him. I guess it has paid off in the manners department.

They also went to the park today and there were a lot of friendly dogs which Andrew absolutely loved! I guess he got a LOT of doggy kisses. :)

When he goes to grandma's house (daddy's parents) his cousin Sam is his official 'baby-sitter.' (he's almost six, so it's really grandma but he likes to help a lot) He does a good job too. He did tell Uncle Marc a couple of weeks ago, "I'm not sure I want to baby-sit Andrew anymore, he's a lot of work." And Uncle Marc told him, "Yeah sometimes we think the same thing about you." :)


We may have a star on our hands. Andrew wanted to wait up for mommy but I was going to be home after his bedtime. Daddy was rocking him in his bedroom but when the dogs barked, he shouted, "MOM!!" and climbed down. So he got to stay up for just a little bit and 'So you think you can dance' was on and he would dance to the music and clap when the dancers were done and he said more. He wanted to see more dancing. :)