It's a good thing

For at least a year now our family has been following a tradition at dinner of sharing something good that happened to you today. I like it. I am a big fan of tradition and I love the fact that my kids will remember this when they are older. Of course John doesn't really get it. About 95% of the time he is my good thing because his answer will be "A good thing that happened to me today is that . . . Daddy came home!" Of course time can be a little nebulous for a three year old so "today" isn't strictly enforced for him. Usually I am the worst one because the good things that happened to me are usually the “ah ha!” moment at work when I solve a problem. Most of my answers tend to involve food. “We got donuts today at work.” “Laura brought in Bagels.” “George bought me lunch at McDonald’s.” Sometimes I will try and explain something I figured out at work, but it just sounds like technobabble to the kids. When someone is absent from dinner we will pretend to answer for them. When I am not there I hear the answers are quite amusing.

Susan answering for me : “I fixed the program on the server so the program worked and everyone could use the computer again.”

Rebecca answering for me: “I got candy at work today.”

John answering for me: “John came home!”