A CUP OF TEA

One day my mother was out and my dad was in charge. 

I was maybe one and a half years old.  

Someone had given me a little tea set as a gift
and it was one of my favorite toys.  Daddy was in the living room
engrossed in the evening news and my brother was playing nearby in
the living room when I brought Daddy a little cup of "tea," which was
really just water.

After several cups and lots of praise for such yummy tea, my
Mom came home.  My Dad made her wait in the living room to watch me
bring him a cup of tea, because it was 'just the cutest thing!!'  My
Mom waited, and sure enough, here I came down the hall with a cup of
tea for Daddy and she watched him drink it up.  Then she said, "Did it
ever occur to you that the only place that baby can reach to get
water is the toilet?"