How do you DO that?

Yesterday Stephen, age 5, asked me a question,

and when I answered him without looking he said,

"How do you DO that? How do moms do that?

You know, see from the back of their head?"

I responded as any mom would:

"We are just made special that way."

(We wouldn't want to give up our secret this early

and let them think they can get away with stuff

when we aren't looking after all...)

Today, we were driving into town.

Stephen was trying to show me something,

and I told him I couldn't look because I was driving."

He responded, "Well, just do that thing you do, then..."

He caught me...