WHAT DANE SAYS

Dane (age 2) and Mimi were playing in the playroom when the phone rang. While Mimi was talking to Gwyneth on the phone, Dane went next door to Papa's shop and found a board. He came out wielding it like a bat.

"Can you put that back where you found it?" Mimi asked.

"Well, not quite," answered Dane. He obviously had plans for that board. Indeed, he found several inventive ways of playing with it which, luckily for Mimi, did not include clouting.

PAIN AND DELIGHT

We were going to stop by Jason and Liz's house. "Oh, good! Maybe Jason will play with us!" Ellery said, excitedly.

"I bet he will--he's a good player," I agreed.

"It's always so fun to play with Jason," Ellery commented, "and painful."

(Jason does play with the kids very wildly but they all love it so much.)