As food residue gathers around the mouth, the desire for adults to remove it is matched only by the tenacity of the child to avoid any contact with a napkin.
Adults believe naps are a wonderfully life-giving way to spend an hour or two of an afternoon.
The smaller the shoe, the greater the likelihood it will have to be retied. There is no such thing as a straight line between two points. There are always stops to gaze at bugs, marvel at lizards or sniff at flowers. The professor for this crash five-day course was our nephew, John Paul, who with the exception of a couple daily meltdowns, spent most of the time during a recent visit with a mischievous grin on his face. And from a spectator's perspective, he was wonderfully entertaining, showing a flair for dramatics so that when words failed he got his point across with gestures reminiscent of Robert De Niro in miniature.