The wicked glint

(1995 March 13)
Skip, I want to tell you about how you behaved to the delight of all assembled when you were eating.  Sometimes I would take you to visit Grandma Rosa Kay and her daughter Lee, and of course you were the prime show.  I fed you first and got you off for a nap or there was no peace.  So -- you were with your bib tied firmly on and a dish of cream of wheat before you.  Lee and Grandma seated on one side were ready for a show.  I was the one with the apron and the spoon in hand.  So -- open wide -- a spoonful of cereal -- equal to your role of entertainer -- as soon as you had a mouthful, you loqked as wicked as ever you could, took a deep breath, and let it all out, admiring ones beware!  --  Then Grandma and Lee would howl with laughter!  Later on in the week when Lee went out with her friend Arabella and Grandma would invite Mrs. Watkins over, she would tell the whle story including the wicked glint in the big blue eye.  Also when Lee was at her bridge party she would entertain all with what Skippy was able to eat and drink and how he managed those things.  So -- if it were early enough, Lee would walk to the street car with us and see us safely on our way to Whitefish Bay, or sometimes Lorin came to eat with us, and of course then we would all three ride home together and get a tired little boy washed up and tucked in.