Worth It

Our grandson Charlie is a big boy now. He's three years and a few months old and can do many things on his own.

For instance, he now knows when he needs to use the toilet and can do so independently. (It's a joy.) So at my house last week he told his mom he needed to go, and she said go, and he went into my little downstairs bathroom, and soon called out excitedly for his mom to come there.

Oh dear, we thought, and she ran. When she got there she found he was fine, the bathroom was fine, but clearly he was excited.

"Mama," he said, "Grandma has a clock in her bathroom! I didn't imagine that."

I loved it. And so I ask again, too many clocks for what?