Easter Eggs Delivery

A family friend and her son dropped by to deliver some Easter eggs for Bree today. In return, I was instructed to encourage Bree to give them a small basket of Easter eggs. They dropped by today because they were driving down this way and the family is leaving for Queensland tomorrow. As soon as I got the front door opened to let the visitors in, the little boy of about 4 – 4.5 barged in like he was the young master of this house. Bree greeted everyone with a ‘Hello’ and happy smiles. Okay, I did prep her for it. Earlier, we talked about visitors dropping by and I reminded her to greet and to say ‘Thank you’ if she was given something. The family friend was cheery and polite but was unsuccessful in her attempts to try to get her little boy to be the same. He refused to greet us, preferring to fiddle with the little pewter ornaments on the hallway table. Telling us that she was aware that it was time for Bree’s nap (she had probably spoken to Bree’s mum), she informed us that they weren’t staying for long and that they were here to give Bree some Easter eggs. She called out for her son to give Bree a gift bag. He came over reluctantly, snatched the bag off her hand and then thrust it to Bree and said, “There!” Ignoring Bree’s ‘Thank you’ (without any prompting from me), he then turned to me and asked (referring to the ornaments), “Are those hers?” “No, those are just decorations.” I answered as I walked Bree down the hallway to get the basket of eggs for him. Bree was pretty engrossed with the contents inside her gift bag but she didn’t forget her ‘job’. I was very proud of her when she presented the little boy the basket of Easter eggs. He didn’t thank her despite his mum’s initial encouragement. He too checked out the basket and was disappointed that there was no toy included. By this stage, his mum’s cheerful expression gave way to an angry one. Using a stern voice, she demanded his attention so he could thank us properly and say goodbye. She scolded him but to no avail. The boy just ignored his mum and told me that the Easter bunny will leave him some ‘Cars’ eggs. As they stepped out, I tried to get Bree to say “Thank you for coming.” The first two words were loud and clear but the rest of it was more like a mumble of some sort. LOL. I am not sure if it is her personality or maybe she hasn’t yet entered the dreadful rebellious stage, Bree is still happy to do as requested most of the time. She is just so adorable.