Chatty Chase

It always amazes me the things that come out of my child’s mouth.  Chase has always been a “Chatty Chase” from the second he was born.  He started talking way before he turned one and has never stopped.  One thing (although there are many) that I love about my child is his thoughtfulness and kind words. I know what you’re thinking- this coming from my child’s whose favorite word is “poopy”- but I swear he says sweet things in between his conversations about farting and trying to convince me to eat his boogers (which has only happened once, okay maybe twice)…  

Tonight we went out to dinner to our usual Chinese restaurant.  While we were eating, the server was busing the table next to us.  All of a sudden Chase notices the man and flails his body almost over our side of the booth and observes what the server is doing.  After a few seconds of inspecting his work, Chase looks at the server solemnly and says, “You’re doing a really great job.” The server didn't respond for a minute as if he didn't know what to do with a compliment. After the silence, he said thank you and went about his business.  Chase then turned around silently and continued chomping on his fried rice.

After witnessing this, I have come to 2 conclusions:

1. I am impressed with the sincere compliment that my child was thinking and gave, as it is often difficult for people (even adults) to acknowledge others for their hard work.

 2. Most parents worry that their children will have lifelong careers in the food service industry (such as flipping burgers at McDonald's) but I don’t have to worry about that because my child is demonstrating great supervisory skills.  He will be the Manager at McDonald's and will be telling the burger-flippers that they are “doing a really great job.” Looks like we dodged that bullet.