My grandson is now four years old. I’ve been taking care of him since about two days after his birth. At his first birthday, I began splitting time with his other grandmother.

Anyway, I decided a couple of weeks ago that he might like to have a water gun fight with me. I bought the smallest guns I could find, filled them up, and gave him one. He didn’t seem to quite “get it,” so I squirted him. He ran off giggling, but his hands are still too small to retaliate effectively.

So some time later in the day I was busy doing something at the dining table. He came into the room, held the loaded gun about two inches from my chest and using both hands, he squirted me. When I yelled, “Oh! You got me!” He lit up.

Isn’t it amazing how terrific it is to see such pleasure on a small face?