Keep Your Cool!

Celebrating Thanksgiving with my brother Dockie’s family was a.......hoot.
Having several small children around made the day ..... interesting.
Marina, their seven year old granddaughter, was the ‘in charge’ person of the ‘thanks giving’ aspect of our day.
She passed out little slips of paper and we wrote one specific thing, which we were thankful for. She collected these in her little decorated bucket and then as she read them we each guessed who had written them.
Watching the children was fun.....scene’s like little Kurt being bear hugged by Cousin Bryce until they both fall all over the floor....
Then later, macho three year old Bryce.....no shirt, no shoes....just jeans running around outside in the Florida sunshine.....until Mom, Nancy, with new camera decides she wants a picture of Marina, Kurt and Bryce.
Suddenly Bryce takes it upon himself to drop his pants for the picture.....much to Mom and Dad’s dismay.
Who would ever guess what goes through the mind of a three-year-old....having fun!
Neither Mom nor Dad could explain such..... for surely they in their dignified adult world.....both being in the ‘law enforcement field’.....had ever imagined ’their child’ could exhibit such outlandish behavior.....and to do so in the name of......’fun’.
But they knew.......Bryce.
His little personality is......daring.
Around the age of two.... in a public place... he pulled the ‘in case of emergency’ lever ....after having removed the plastic cover.....to the horror of his Mother.
Bryce is the family ’tester’ of .....Keeping Cool under all circumstances, come what may....

But then again, little Kurt who is almost three does the same thing but in a different way with his Mom and Dad, Nancy and Chris.
Kurt was born.....knowing things.
He analyzes, evaluates, observes......before he makes a move.
Riding the airboat with his Dad....until he falls asleep...is normal for him.
But when he asks a question? Watch out!
The adults in his life better have the right answers for it is recorded for all eternity in that ’little sponge’.
Kurt is brilliant as he questions his Mom about the difference between girls and boys.....
His Mom, Nancy, had to be ....equally brilliant....in her answer.
And she was.
Keeping Cool is an art that is being learned by these young parents....daily.
Yes, the Good Life is to.........be continued.

***For adult education, nothing beats children.