My children have many talents, but both seem to have particular natural flair for spilling things. I had originally thought this would get better with age, but I'm seeing now that age brings height. And height brings access. And access brings new, previously untouched items crashing to the floor. It starts with milk.
New parents adjust to drink-spills fairly well, breach of physics aside.
We even learn to walk around with a roll of paper towels tucked under an arm at all times. We don't even get upset, we just lean down and wipe wipe wipe. I hear you can train for this by working in rice paddies. Spills that only a trained stunt-adult could make so smartly. I've always found that plastic painter's tarps and elevator quilts work better.