Praise

Keira and I have been talking a lot lately about the concept of praise. We try and praise her for the good things she does, you know eating all of her green beans, not whining, asking to sit on the potty or remembering that back in October we went to Dave and Michelle's and they took us to the zoo to see the Lions.

She has taken to "praising" dog.

"Your a good dog Smer."

"I'm scratching Smer nice Pappa"

" I kissed him and he liked it Pappa."

This new behavior has started to branch out to other aspects of her life. This morning we were sitting on the edge of the tub( Kiera in my lap), and Amy was helping me clip my nails. ( Not that I can't do it myself but apparently I have a hard time doing it "correctly" so Amy had offered to help. ) When she was done we hear " Pappa, good job in letting Mamma cut your nails." I smiled and said "thank you." And as I put her down so I could stand up, we here " Mamma, you did a good job cutting Pappa's nails."

Is this nurture or nature? Or Both? I hope the latter.