We were on family vacation and the waiter had just brought some fried ice cream to our table.  Morgan had been good but had reached the end of her compliant stage and was ready to be gone.  She didn’t want anything to do with the fried ice cream.  Brad and Jess knew she would love it if she would just try it.  Well, she wasn’t going to try it.  It didn’t look like ice cream, and she wanted out of the highchair and out of the restaurant.  She was getting a little cranky, so Brad picked her up to take her out.  She thought she could navigate herself out of the busy restaurant and wanted down.  There was a bit of a power struggle going on when Jess saw her chance and slipped in some fried ice cream.  It was like time stood still.  Mo stopped, looked around like ‘where did that come from’ and as her dad started out of the restaurant with her under arm, she started pounding her fingers together in the most exaggerated sign for “more” any of us had ever seen.  Suddenly, she didn’t want to be gone.  She wanted back to the table and back to that cool, caramelly treat.  Her sign language was rewarded immediately.  She returned to the table, wowed us all and herself with her use of sign language and had her fill of fried ice cream.

So, education doesn’t go wasted.  When the time is right, and the need is apparent the knowledge is used.  It’s a Good Life when those moments happen around family.  It’s a Great Life when ice cream is involved!  Enjoy your summer!