Do-Over

Do-Over

The other day, the kids and grand-daughter were at the house (kids = eldest son and my daughter-in-law), and the little one and I were playing hide-and-seek.  Now, she’s three, so the rules for hide-and-seek are a bit “loose” (IE: “we just play however she wants”). 

She was “counting” and I was trying to hide.  I came running around from the living room, got quickly down on my belly, and tummy-crawled under the coffee table, right next to where my son was sitting.  Understand, it’s not that big of a coffee table, so all the lower half of me was plainly visible. 

If someone were playing hide-and-seek with an 8-year old, for example, the kid would see this and chastise you for not being “serious”, for selecting such an ineffective location to hide.  But a 3-year old, having just been successful in finding me, thought it was perfectly appropriate, and in fact got down on her belly and crawled under there with me, all of her lower half visible as well. 

After experiencing that hiding place for a moment, it was time to crawl out and play the next round.  She ran around to the living room to “count”, and I quickly “crawfished” out from under the table so I could pick another place to hide.  As I did, I overheard my son to say, “…hmmm…not the same old ‘Doctor No-Fun’ I remember…”

If we are lucky,

our days as grand-parents,

can be another opportunity,

to get right some of those things we didn’t,

…as parents.

-       m

          02-April-2015

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin