Our two grandsons, along with John, were the original Twitchits. Their feet, at the end of long legs, were always looking for more real estate under the table. By the end of the summer, I could read the signs immediately. Their bodies would shift slightly as they calmly continued the dinner conversation over wrangling feet. If it got really bad, someone would begin to laugh.
You’d think, with David back in college, the two remaining Twitchits would have reached a truce. Not so! I went into the kitchen to get something and came back to find Nathaniel had appropriated two chairs, mine and the empty one across from me. I whipped the camera out, and Nathaniel kept the pose. Doing the splits in midair was painful. He moaned and groaned for the full effect until I finished a few seconds later.
Dinner ended with a tug-of-war with a chair. The combatants shrieked with laughter as Nathaniel lost ground because his socks slipped on the boards. The camera was on the table and jumped to attention. As the chair resumed its innocent position, Nathaniel declared, “You can’t publish that! That’s private! You can’t show it to anyone!”
A day later, I edited the clip to eight seconds and asked him to view it. He gave his verbal OK. If any of you tease him unmercifully, I will wish I had a written and signed agreement.
Mehrling Muse 
Lol your family has fun even at meal times:)
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We are usually very happy to be eating. It shows, doesn’t it?
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In the best way:)
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Got a smile out of this – my brother and dad and his brothers were all over 6 foot – talk about foot wrestling and feet in chairs own the porch. Fun post
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We never had 6-footers until the grandsons grew up.
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Video didn’t come in but goodness…Ya’ll are just two jumps short of crazy fun. LOL
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The video misbehaved for me, too. I clicked on the upper right corner to share and then chose download. It’s probably not worth going back to see.
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I’m not able to open the video Anne but I’ll check back again – the grin on Nathaniel’s face while stretched out and languishing in his not-good-for-speedy-digestion pose, tells me enough. 🙂
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I had to click on “share” on the upper right corner and then “download”. I don’t know why it didn’t work easily.
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Cyberspace gremlins – and everything was loading very slowly in Reader … a few pictures, then it would pause, then some more content. I don’t know why, so maybe that affected the video as well.
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Aww, the video wouldn’t play for me either, and neither can I post them. Must be a security issue. I know y’all have so much family fun though, I can just imagine.
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I’m sorry you couldn’t see the video. We were having fun, as usual.
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I love how much fun you have with your family! 💗😊
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This just made me laugh Anne….what good family fun!!
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Thanks for sharing with us the fun and the frolic. I love Nathaniel tales.
Susie
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It’s nice to see that you always have fun with them Anne.
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Both boys have a marvelous sense of humor.
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It sounds like good fun!
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Sometimes the laughter sounds like a bunch of maniacs.
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No video for me either and I tried your suggestion of Share-Download.
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Sorry that didn’t work.
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You ,john and the grandsons never fail to put a smile on my face😀😍🤩
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Laughing. I remember trading for a longer dining table to accommodate those growing legs. What a delightful reminder. thanks, Anne.
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I never thought of getting a new table!!!
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Love your stories-especially that they are all true-sweet life.
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It’s fun to live our stories. Nathaniel leaves for college next week, but John and I will still find things to laugh about. Mostly each other!
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Your grandsons are so handsome (and TALL!)
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Thank you. We have enjoyed their height, since it doesn’t run in our family.
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