Wow! It's just words, but they are words that make it sounds like he is at least aware of what he is doing. Of course, that begs the question of why, but that's for another day!
I think maybe killing him with kindness is working! Keep it up!
And shopping with a 3 and 4 year old is interesting. When our first two were that age we would often all go shopping together, it was kind of fun!
