My Daughter … The Future Dream Team Member
Now … when I say dream team … I’m not talking hockey … or basketball … nope … I’m talking about what Shari refers to as the dream team … the group of friends who go to the Mandarin and attempt to shut it down with their capacious eating …
We took the kids to the Mandarin for the first time the other night … clearly Logan didn’t partake but his big sister did … and really, I don’t want to talk about how much she enjoyed herself … I think that’s evident from the photo … no, I want to talk about how proud I was of her that night …
She’s been learning sign language so that we can have an easier time of communicating with her … and she’s learned how to say a few phrases, but at the restaurant she was saying “Thank You” to EVERYONE like crazy … initially she was doing it upon prompting … but by the end of the evening, she knew that she had to say thank you to people without any hints from her parents!
Once we were done eating, it was Logan’s turn to get topped up. Since we were out in Niagara, Shari had to feed him in the van. Which left Brie and I to play out on a nearby grassy knoll. That alone is fun enough but I thought I should continue with the teaching. So I patted a nearby tree and said to Brie, “tree”. I was rewarded with a big smile and a response of “ree”. That’s good enough for daddy! 
I’m so proud of my little girl. She’s just so smart. I knew I was going to enjoy being a parent, but with my two kids it’s been that and so much more.
