when my mom + dad eat their dinner, i’m sent OUT of the ROOM. hey, whatever happened to FAMILY DINNERS ?! so rude. anyway . . . when they are FINALLY done, i get to come join them and my mom has usually saved me her last bite of food. sometimes (when they eat dinner on the couch) i stand on the stairs to spy on them so i can see when they finally put down their forks or chop sticks (they can’t see me). and THAT is my cue to charge the table.