But I wanted....

Whenever I make the kids' lunches, I put a napkin in there with a little picture and some encouraging words (hearts and happy faces, I love you Maya, Madison is special, CTR, Be kind, etc....) Madison's class gets to have an "etiquette" class once a week where a "Mannerly Cat" puppet comes and teaches them about manners and appropriate behavior. We are very excited about this! So anyway, this morning I drew a picture of a little cat on her napkin and wrote "Be a mannerly cat!" Then I showed it to Madison so she would know what it says when she sees it. She's always very excited to see what I've put on her napkin each day. She studied it for a second, and her face began to fall into this sad frown. I asked her what's wrong and she said "But Mom, I wanted you to write "Madison is the queen" today!!!"

This made me wonder, can you succeed in instilling too much self-esteem in children...? :)