The Things Austen Says...

We were at Costco recently waiting in line and our talkative 2-1/2 plus year old decides to point at the poor lady in front of us and repeatedly yell "Grandma! Grandma!" despite our repeated attempts to quiet him. The lady finally had to acknowledge him and was so nice about it despite probably only being in her early
50s.

Embarrassed, I told this woman that both his grandmas are really young looking so it would soften the blow. As we were exiting the store, Tom whispered to me, "That's as bad as asking a woman if she's pregnant when she's not!" Yes, I agreed and we hurriedly strolled out of the store before he could say anything else!

Austen also is very friendly to all the people eating outside at the restaurants in our neighborhood. We take walks almost every night together with Adler - weather and schedules permitting. Recently, he walked up to one of those low open windows of a bar. A couple with a newborn was enjoying their dinner and relishing the time when a newborn will sleep and you can take them anywhere when Austen rests his arms on the window sill and says "How ya doin' guys?!" The couple laughed and so did we. I'm sure they were thinking, is this what we are in for?!