Grandchild game: Caress Hand, Slap Hand

John:

My grandson Elliott, Bridget's #2 son, played this fun game while visitng Pat in the hospital, recently (she is OK now after spending 5 days recovering from seizures - perhaps due to the swine flu vaccine 24 hours before). It was fun because he would occasionally pick the wrong hand by mistake. The deal is that he can choose one of my hands. The right one is always the caress hand, and the left one is always the slap hand. Elliott is a touchy-feely being, like I am, and loves to have his back rubbed (for hours if he could get it). When he chooses the right hand, I gently rub his cheek or back. The slap hand gives him a very light slap on the cheek.

To fool him, I twist my hands so they are on opposite sides or I turn him upside down and backwards and have him choose. He is always so happy when he gets it right but laughs when he screws up. He hardly ever misses, now. I think he has figured out my wedding ring hand is on the slap hand.

Wattle

OK, I've got this big double chin which Bridget calls a wattle, as in the hanging appendage found on turkeys and some other fowl. Elliott is very curious and likes to pull on mine. Only he calls it a gobble!

If Bridget is on the ball she will insert the picture of Elliott playing with my wattle.