Lessons from the Caves

Gregory is a typical 6-year-old boy. Though he’s been told a thousand times, he almost always wipes his hands on his shirt, on his pants, or on the chair, while eating just about anything. Chicken nuggets: on the shirt. Biscuits: on the shirt. Hot dogs, grilled cheese, apple sauce: on the shirt. Still, he knows “the look” he gets from me and once he sees it, he reaches for his napkin and apologizes with a sincere whine. “I’m sorry, mommy,” he’ll say. “It’s just that I forget!”

The other night at the dinner table, Gregory got “the look” several times. (Spaghetti. Ouch!) He was getting frustrated. Frustrated with his failure to remember. Frustrated with the rules. Probably more of that second thing than the first.

“Dad,” he said, “what did they use before napkins?”

Mike thought for a second, I’m assuming visions of cavemen in his head. “Their arm,” he said.

With no hint of hesitation, Gregory threw his hands in the air, shouting, “YAY!!!!!!”

I have not seen my son so happy since the day he figured out how to add wheels on Legos.

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4 Responses to “Lessons from the Caves”

1. Brent says:

   April 12, 2007 at 11:03 pm

   Hahaha – this made me laugh – it describes my 5yr old son down to the ground!

   It’s not often I’ll ‘read’ a blog, I’m generally just a “ooh – look at that” guy, but I really enjoy your installments.

   keep em coming!

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2. Nataly Lemus says:

   April 11, 2007 at 1:58 pm

   I can’t blame him, I still get the urge to wipe my hands on my shirt and I’m 23! lol

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3. Heidi says:

   April 10, 2007 at 4:52 pm

   It doesn’t get any better as they age. The 7 year old “shreds” his napkin at every meal; not much left over for wiping ANYTHING. The 11 year old “parks” discarded food on his napkin; not much use for wiping anything there either.

   *Sigh*

   BTW, I didn’t realize Gregory ate from such an extensive menu. I thought it was just potatoes and pancakes!

   Hey Heidi — Julie here — ok, like, um, I made that applesauce thing up. Aheh.
   Caught.

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4. ed pingol says:

   April 10, 2007 at 4:10 pm

   heh heh heh… i now have the problem of using TOO MUCH napkins when i eat. and i LOVE legos, just as much as i love the TOP PIC of this post!!!

   = )

   //ed

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