What have you done to be nice to someone today?

I read a blog the other day written by a mom, it was talking about how she tries to ask her child really good questions. She doesn't ask yes or no questions. She doesn't want dinner to become a series of head nods. She doesn't accept one word answers. She wants her children to realize she remembers the things they tell her. She wants them to see she is involved in school, she knows what they are learning, she talks to their friends' parents, she is the all-knowing-all-asking-Mom. Just like I want to be. The Kardashians (haha whatever dont hate)... had an early episode talking about when they were kids and how dinner was always family time. Everyone had to be at dinner unless they had a school function and at dinner her dad made them go around in a circle and talk about the pit (worst part of their day) and their peak (best part of their day). I am going to do that. I want to make dinner OUR time. I want it to be about us, talking about everything, enjoying catching up with each other after a long day apart. No cell phones. No computers. Don't get me wrong, I am not unrealistic about the fact that it probably wont happen every single night. Life gets busy. But Ill try.

A few of the blogging moms questions:
"What did you learn in school today?"
"How did Mrs. Smith introduce your new book to the class?"
"Who did you sit with at lunch today?"
"How is Nicole's new baby brother?"
and then.......
"What did you do to be nice to someone today?"

Pause.

I just love this question. I love it so, so much.
I want Victoria to remember how important it is to help others feel good. Whether its asking someone new to sit at her lunch table, picking up a book that someone dropped, telling someone she likes their outfit, sticking up for someone being picked on... just to always do the right thing. To always follow what her heart is telling her to do. To always remember to think of Mommy and Daddy, what would we want you to do? What did we teach you to do in this situation?

I hope I am a person that Victoria can always think of as a role model for finding the good in everyone and for always doing what is right, even if its not always what happens to be easy or what everyone else is doing.

Btw, random side note.. Tori kisses now. The biggest, wettest, BEST kisses ever!