My pick up line (for when I pick up my kids from school) besides the obvious, "How was your day?" to which I generally get, "Good" is "What was the best part about your day."
So... first day of school, I ask, "Josh, what was the best part about your day?"
He thinks for a minute and proceeds to explain something about what they did in art with a picture frame. Carefully describing his color choices and such. He confessed he wasn't sure if he should share because he thought it might be a gift for me for later in the year but... I just wanted to know so he shared.
Drew said, "My favorite thing about today was that I made a new friend." Seriously, that just made me tear up! I was so thankful that he's finding friendship in a new place... because it's awesome that he's in a new environment and is already building relationships. Maybe ones that will last a lifetime!
I love that you ask "what is the best part of your day?" ... it's so much more inclusive than "how was your day?" ..
ReplyDeleteI think I'm going to try it on my teenagers ..when I can get them to utter more than three words!!!