Where are Your Manners?

A welcomed visit from Grandma and Grandpa Hart meant the piles of laundry are no longer on the bed and the Christmas tree has found it's resting place and Noah gets to play "Hide and Seek" with Grandpa. Grandma and Grandpa have a motto, "Leave a place better than you found it,"and they always do. They surprised us all for Rick's birthday, although it should not have been a surprise since they are always surprising us. Noah loves his grandparents and shares a special bond with them.

This particular visit Noah had a list of DVD's for us all to watch. After "I Robot" he put in "Mamma Mia."Rick having seen it recently departed to his office. It wasn't long before Noah approached his dad, "Dad are you going to come in and watch 'Mamma Mia' with us?" "No son, I saw it a couple of days ago." "Not with grandma and grandpa though and that is rude and you are not being very entertaining."

Following "Mamma Mia,"Noah put in one of his favorites "Sahara."I took one look at the clock and said "Absolutely not! You have school tomorrow."After much persuasion, Noah agreed to go to bed, but he was concerned that grandma would have to suffer because of his bedtime. "Grandma, I put 'Sahara' in for you. Just put it in the case when you are done."

Noah and I went up to his room. He could hear the music from the movie playing over and over again. Grandma did not know how to get the DVD to play. He said, "Mom..." and I knew he was going to pull "a get out of going to bed"move saying he had to press the play button for Grandma. I told him I would take care of it and he needed to hop into bed. Over my request and in a louder voice he said, "MOM, MOM, let me be a gentleman. I want to be a gentleman for my Grandma."With that said, my heart melted all over the floor. I could not resist his offer--he wants to be a gentleman.


What I learned from Noah: We need to honor our parents and that though he is five, his insight goes beyond his years. Every mom hopes their son will be a gentleman and I didn't even have to ask.