Asking Nicely

Dear Sawyer,

One of my favorite things about you is how polite you are. You always say please and thank you and if someone says thank you to you, you respond with a chipper, "Welcome!" Sometimes you forget to say please but if I ask you how you should ask for something nicely, you immediately repeat your request with the word please. I have taught you that you get things when you ask nicely, so I kind of turn your world upside-down when you don't get things when you ask nicely.

Case in point: We were at a play date today and after we were all done eating, you asked if you could have a cookie. I gave you one and you ate it. You asked for a second cookie and I gave it to you. Then you asked, "May I have another cookie please?" I said you couldn't have a third cookie, that was too many cookies. You gave me a confused look and said, "But I ask nicely." Well, you got me there . . .

Love,
Mom