Despite her years (not yet two) Miss Annalise Sanchez has already enjoyed some little fame as an “International art critic” (according to the Reuben Lenkiewicz Art Gallery, Teignmouth) and would be juggler (Mamhead Village Fete 2017). And she’s always been a bit of a food connoisseur as well…

Recently my great little niece has impressed again with her new skill at blowing bubbles…

I expect that you’re wondering if there is no end to her talents… No, there isn’t. Annalise continues to amaze with her brilliant intellect. Now I heard that only two mornings ago, when her parents were still in bed, she had awoken early with a tremendous appetite for crisps. Apparently she went downstairs to the kitchen and found the crisps she had set her heart on.

Have you noticed how hard it is to open goods nowadays? Lord only knows how old ladies manage! Well, the same applies to children, especially tiny tots like Annalise. Try as she might, she did not have the strength to pull open the bag of crisps.

“Oh dear!” she must have thought, “I’ll have to ‘come clean’ and take them up to Mummy and Daddy to open them.”

“Oh no!” said mummy Katie, “You can’t have crisps for breakfast. Have a banana…”

“Or an apple,” chimed in her dad.

“No, these,” pleaded Annalise with her most charming expression and she tried again to pull open the stubborn packet.

Katie took the packet and pulled, not too hard, against the seal.

“Well I can’t open them either,” said Katie with mock exasperation.

“Neither can I,” said her dad as he did the same.

“You’ll just have to settle for a banana,” added her mum.

“I find the scissors!” said Annalise.