I'm still allergic to typing, so here is E holding forth on dining with very small children:

"Last night I went to a friend's house for dinner. I learned there that having dinner with children below the age of six involves a lot of spillage. I am not used to so much spillage. Three children can really spill a lot. Spill spill spill. Fluids gushing and rushing all over the place. Not to mention their tendency to shove fingers deep into their mouths, then happily paw me."