Thankyou, have a nice day.

My seven year old walks to school every morning and is helped across the street by a policeman, directing traffic. I joined her one day this week, to take muffins in for her classroom. As we were directed to cross the street, she yelled "Thank you, have a nice day" to the officer, he responded in kind. I asked her if she always said that, she replied "everyday" It was a proud mom moment, because, after years of telling her "remember to say thankyou" etc, etc, she just does it, like its second nature. I'm raising a good kid. Sometimes, I just have to remind myself of that.