Whenever Tom Holliday reached for a straw wrapper his grandson, Jackson Holliday, would reach for a butter knife.
Tom needed to entertain his table full of grandchildren as they waited on their food, so he went for what he knows best: baseball. Even when his wife, Kathy, quietly protested the odd behavior, the Hollidays transformed the table into a baseball diamond.
Tom crumpled up the wrapper and flipped it to Jackson who would hit it with his “bat.” If they lost the wrapper Jackson would find another one to keep the game going.
“Of course, I got my wife saying, 'Stop it.