Picking up the Kids

One of our USA jobs is taking the grandkids to school in the morning.  That's after making a raspberry smoothie, toasting an English muffin and scrambling an egg, then sitting down to talk to them for a few minutes.  And there are three schools to drop them at, with careful timing.  So…yesterday one of the kids said, "Are you picking us up today instead of us riding the bus?" And I said, "Do you have a reason for picking you up?"  And the kid answered, "That way we get to see you quicker…"

Now that, I said, is a politic answer.  How can I say no?  It is great when our kids learn how to say just the right thing, in just the right way.  Of course, my heart is pretty soft where they are concerned.  Of course they got a pick-up in the afternoon.  They don't even have to pose the question that nicely.