I've been having great luck with kids lately. A tiny young man in a paper hat squated down across the glass from me and put his tiny finger to his lip to consider.
"I like your hat." I said. "Did you make it?"
"Yes! I stickered this here, and I stuck on this..."
"And that's some good coloring. Here is your doughnut."
"Thanks! I'm a great colorer."
I can remember being small enough that the top of the counter was a mystery, and the top of the refrigerator was a faraway mountaintop of wonder. A world of slivers from holding dad's pantleg and standing flatfoot in the bottom of my mother's high-heeled shoes.
"Look at your boots!"
"I know! Santa brought them!"
"They're so shiny and pink. I like them a lot."
With little babies, even. I've been getting lots of sincere baby smiles without trying very hard. I sometimes give them a little wave if I catch them looking at me. I love baby grins.
I got winked at a lot as a little kid. I reacted to it then the same way I do now, by blushing pink and laughing and looking away. I don't understand why, but it embarrases me to death and I kind of love it. I never wink at kids though.
"EXCUSE ME!" he shouted, and his mother shook her head in her hand.
"Yes, how can I help you?"
"Um. Um, Can I have a bag for the rest of my doughnut?"
"Sure. Here you are."
"THANK YOU", he shouted, before making a rocket noise that accompanied his spin around and skip away.
I made a rocket noise too, really quietly, just to see how it would feel.
Posted by Sonya at February 2, 2007 08:10 PMcute..
Posted by: ryan at February 3, 2007 09:24 PMRocket noises are the best; I make them all the time.
And anyone who's been in my apartment would not find this the least bit odd.
Posted by: COMTE at February 3, 2007 09:57 PMThey are best served whilst making the classic "about to take off" cartoon gesture. I tried to describe it, but short of taking a picture, just watch Tom and Jerry, and notice the gesture they make before running. Doing this before a rocket noise and running, enhances the experience greatly.
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