This morning Jack, Dad and I were in the kitchen having breakfast. Jack was safely strapped into his highchair and I asked Dad if he would mind watching over Jack while I took a quick shower. Dad said he would be happy to. As you can tell in the first picture, Jack was slightly skeptical. I thought to myself, worse case scenario, Jack can play with Cheerios while Dad reads the paper.
Fifteen minutes later I returned and walked into the kitchen and witnessed the following vignette. I have no idea where he got the headband (also known as a "deely-bopper"). Nor had I seen the mirror. But in a flash, Dad had figured out a way to keep Jack transfixed. Presaging advice that I would later receive from a primary school teacher with 15+ years of experience, Dad had made sure that Jack could see himself in a mirror.
I guess if you raise seven children of your own and then, throughout the last 22 years watch over 12 of your grandchildren, and along the way coach hundreds of children in track and field, you are always going to have a few tricks up your sleeve. Jack (and I) are very lucky to have such a sweet Jelly Bean Grandpa.
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