Why Kids Are Great

I have to admit one thing about having a child that always delights me is how unencumbered they are by convention and habit. Today's data point: Lisa and I were making pizza (she's not quite two yet), and I let her spread the sauce on the crust — which she did very carefully — then while I scattered random veggies over the pie, it was her job to put the pepperoni slices on.

After I got her completely clear on the fact that she was not allowed to take a bite out of each slice before placing it on the pizza I thought that I'd covered all necessary sausage placement information. Not true. While I wasn't looking, she made a neat little pile of pepperoni slices right there on the pie. That would have been an interesting pizza.