Clever Like a Roc

The Roc has still not mastered the art of keeping secrets.

"We got you earrings!" he told his great-grandmother as he handed her her birthday present.

He loves playing hide-and-seek, which involves him telling everyone to close their eyes, running into the nearest bedroom, then shouting: "I'm in the bedroom!"

Another favorite game is sneaking up on people, although The Roc call it "snaking" up on people--which is pretty clever, considering how stealthy snakes are. The Roc, alas, is not so stealthy. "I'm snaking up on you!" he'll announce from twenty feet away.

Indeed, The Roc is honest to a fault. He has candidly--proudly, even--copped to all manner of transgressions, from peeing in the bathtub to pinching babies.

I guess it's a good thing that The Roc doesn't have a devious bone in his body (yet). Deceitfulness will snake up on him soon enough--especially if Mommy doesn't stop modelling how to cheat at croquet.