Compliment

This blog acts as our family journal and so I wanted to write down this experience before we forgot all about it. Tonight we went to Costco to pick up a few things that we needed for Molly's blessing in a week and a half. We spent more time than we thought (not uncommon) and ended up staying and eating at Costco. It was the usual drill for us. Pick up food, Lilly eats a little, drinks a lot, gets down and walks back and forth between the table and the vending machine while Aaron and I try to finish our food. We keep an eye on her, talk to her and just generally make sure that she behaves herself and doesn't get in the way of anyone. Molly was asleep in her car seat the entire time, so this was a pretty easy meal to get through. After Aaron and I had cleaned Lilly up, cleaned up the table, and cleaned up our general area we started to leave and a woman stopped us. She really wanted to talk to Lilly and pay us a very nice compliment. She said that she people watches a lot and when she sees something good she always likes to pay the compliment that they so deserve. She then asked how old Lilly was and was surprised to learn that she is only 2 and a half (almost). She thought that she was much older. She then went on to say that as she was observing us she could tell that we are a team as parents and that we work hard at teaching our child what is right and wrong and how it shows by the way that Lilly respects us, listens to us, and acts in public. She also said that she thought Lilly was very bright for her age and that it is very refreshing to see parents that are a team together with their children.

Wow! what better way to make you feel good as a parent when a total stranger stops you and says you are doing a good job, when you don't feel like you are at all (especially today for me!) Today was not my strong "be a good mother day!" It was such a nice reward to hear that from someone and to know that Aaron and I are showing our united front as parents no matter where we are.