Sweetness

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This weekend I attended the birthday party of my youngest grandnephew. He is two.

I won’t post a photo, because he’s not my kid, but let me assure you that he is right up there with the most adorable kids in the universe.

And he is SO smart. He knows all his colors (The balloon was very definitely “Lellow”) and all his shapes and can count to TWO. He can find the ON switch on any gadget and he can use the carpet sweeper to help his great-grandma clean up after the party.

I was amazed at the breadth of his vocabulary. He has more words than any two-year old I ever met, and he uses (if not pronounces) them properly.

I mentioned this to his mother Amy, my nephew’s wife. I said, “He looks exactly like his father, but Gabe was nowhere near as mature at that age.” (I…

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