I love watching little kids, since they’re tiny tutorials, just in diapers.
I was on a packed train not in the best of moods, when an elderly woman got on…a grandmother type…with a little boy, no more than 3.
He had on shorts and a T-shirt with a bright blue sailboat on it, pint-sized sandals gracing his feet.
The first thing he does is turn around in his seat, looking out the window giggling at a train, whooshing by. Granny pats his leg while whispering in his ear, so now he’s seated properly, banging his legs to a tune he can only hear. She wraps her hands around his chubby ankles forcing them to stop, giving him a bag with what looks like, Cherrios, he starts to eat, smiling the whole time.
Lesson number 1…live in the moment.
Lesson number 2…listen to music, even if it’s only in your head.
Lesson number 3…have cereal, all day long.
And after a few good mouthfuls, he takes the rest of the bag, tosses what’s left into the air, laughing hysterically.
Lesson number 4…always remember, life’s, a cabaret. 🙂 
SB
useful lesson😀
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I actually went out and bought cereal.
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There’s an adage that says the only virtue worth a damn is innocence and, once you’ve lost that, you’re buggered (or words to that effect).
I only hope the next generation can make a better job of stewarding this world than we have.
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The word innocence jumps off the page.
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They are a whole education in themselves, that’s for sure. I enjoyed my time teaching kindergarten, even though it was exhausting sometimes. I can just picture this little boy, I’m glad he brightened up your day.
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I love that you’re a teacher. I can’t think of a more important or noble profession. You’re both smart and kind David so anyone in your class hits the jackpot. 🙂
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Susannah, my grandson, just turned three, and his parents are living with us temporarily. He just brightens up the day. We have a special bond and I could listen to, play with, and watch him all day.
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Oh Skinny, that must be so grand, no pun intended. They are amazingly cute at that age. Innocent, curious and funny. I could have watched that kid all day. He was like a little Catskills comic, in shorts. 🙂
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I loved your light-hearted post with important life lessons. All sermons, whether secular or otherwise, should be so good!
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That tiny being gets all the credit. 🙂
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Someday I want to do all that.
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You can start with Cherrios.
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I imagine Grandma had a fit over that. I suppose I would have back when mine were that age. Now, I see that, perhaps, the answer is to let them fly, let them learn, and let them have some fun. That way, when they grow up, at least, they had some fun before life got…tiresome…and we had to learn to be kids all over again. My stroke has helped me with that. Life is precious and I try to enjoy more moments now, even if enjoy means sleeping…
Scott
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The thing about watching a kid is, they’re not damaged, well at least hopefully, by the vagaries of the world as yet. Innocence reigns, so tossing cereal in the air and watching a train, I mean…what gets better than that when you’re 3?
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precisely and then the adults come along and spoil it all…
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That’s so right…sigh
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you gotta love little ones… they are so incredibly smart! Love my Little Man (who is about to turn 5!!) and my Little Miss who will turn 3 in October…. They grow so fast and you if you don’t pay attention you miss all the lessons they are teaching you.
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I remember Little Man. He’s your beau ideal, he’s just a little short, but wait, he will tower over his grandparents any second…:)
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his paternal grandmother already cannot pick him up because he comes up to almost her upper arm… of course, she is really short! He is still my most favorite little man! Smart, funny and he laughs at my jokes…. what more could I ask for?
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That’s great…an audience of one.That’s what I call real intimacy…:)
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Throwing Cheerios in the air like just don’t care sounds like a solid plan to me.
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Sugar Pops work too…:)
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Love Sugar Pops!
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I love watching little kids in public. They are so funny. Hard to believe life was once that simple, when problems could be solved with a bag of Cheerios.
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Hear…Hear
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Good article
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Thanks.
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