“When I am seventeen,” said a Bean,”I will still watch Backyardigans.”

“Really?”

“Yes, and I will still help Ren.”

“That’s kind.”

“Yes.” She nodded earnestly.

We were interrupted or I would have enquired into exactly how she planned to help her cousin 13 years from now. Into a headlock? Drawing on the wall? Falling off a chair?

Really, the mind races.