A friend of mine came over for a visit. Observing all the girls playing in the living room by the fireplace, she remarked, "You have a beautiful family." Emma, in a very exasperated voice, said, "Ev-er-y-one says that!"
I laughed at the tone of her voice but inside I'm thinking, wow, I definitely didn't instill a very good understanding of how to accept compliments with her, have I. Granted, that was the first time she had said it loudly to the person that actually gave the compliment; other times she has just asked me why we get comments like that while in the grocery store, Costco, mall, restaurant, etc, after they've already left. We've addressed the issue a few times since then to try and drive the point home. Hopefully it's worked.
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The humility of children is great. :) Brandt has started saying: "I know!" with that tone when people compliment his hair. I mean, kids are brought to earth to embarrass their parents, right?
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