Can other good kids make my kids good?

It was a great trip to the lake with our good friends. They have two kids: boy 10yrs old and girl 13yrs old. Let me tell ya… They are the coolest, most well behaved, good natured kids. I love being around them and pray they wear off on my girls. I just wanted to share some stories of what makes them unique to me and interactions I have heard them have .
My girls are 3.5yrs old and 2yrs old. Not exactly the age for hanging with the big kids, but these two I mentioned always give them full attention and are so patient.

Starting with the boy, I can remember being so taken with him when we went to Rhodes homecoming and he spent the day walking the 3.5 year old around holding her hand, getting her drinks, even picking up after her. I told him he didn’t have to hang with her and he said she was his friend. So sweet. Then I can remember going to watch him at a baseball game and he saw us walking up and from the field yelled hello to the girls by name. Afterwards he ccalled them over to give him a hug. He was never too cool to not have time for them. This wekeend when we talked about the girls getting older, he talked about how the boys would have to get through his approval before they could date the girls. He calls them “My Soah” and “My PT”. He said no one better ever break their hearts. Again, so sweet.

The girl is beautiful. She is thirteen going on nineteen with her looks. Her daddy is screwed! You forget that she is thirteen because she is so composed too. Even when I told her that was not here to be babysitter, she spent much of time with the girls. “Come look at this.” “Help me that…” She always obliged. Today, while she was out in the water with them, I overheard her telling my 3.5yr old that when she gets her driver’s license, she will come pick up and they will go get Baskin Robbins, etc. PT’s eyes just lit up! Tonight she had tickets to the American Idol concert and instead of taking another girlfriend or something, she rocked it with my 3.5yr old. How cool!

These guys are full of thank you’s, please, hugs, more manners, and just general coolness. Huge kudos tot hem and even bigger kudos to their Mom, Dad, Stepmom, and Stepdad. You guys are raising some fantastic folks that I am thankful to know. Now, I will take all of your helpful advise and training to make mine turn out like that… Starting now!