Well, that's a new one

Elise is an excellent eater -- 95 percent of the time. She'll eat just about anything you give her, and she's quite clean, which pleases me because I don't want to buy an industrial mop. And because I don't like stepping on a clump of cold spaghetti. So all in all, she's a swell eater and my socks are clean.
There is that 5 percent of the time, though, when she is in a funk, does not like the order -- or speed -- at which she receives her food or just wants to drive us batty.
That happened the other night, when Elise debuted her new move, the Swipe and Stare.
You probably can guess what it is. Sitting in her high chair with a plentiful supply of food on her tray, she'll get peeved about something and swipe her arm across the tray, sending all of the food onto the floor.
That's not the part that will drive you nuts, though. That comes next. After swiping the tray, she stares at you defiantly, obviously trying to get a reaction. How one responds is a testament of willpower.
Thankfully, it doesn't happen often because I would cave.