remembering to say it

i often tell owen that i love him.  i often tell him thank you for doing something like cleaning up.  i often tell him i'm proud of him for behaving well in school (getting green or better.)  what i didn't realize until last night, is that i forget tell him that he is a good kid.  he did something nice for the cats last night, and i said, "owen, you are a good kid." owen looked at me and said with complete sincerity, "thank you, mommy."  it made me realize how much he appreciated hearing that, and that i probably need to tell him that more. i spend so much time telling him what to do and what not to do, i sometimes forget to just tell him that he is doing good at his job...being a kid.