My nephew has just reminded me, via FB, of what neat tricks Merlee used to do. I could take off one end a straw wrapper, pull it just an inch or two off that end, then hold the straw over to him. He would grab the closed end of the wrapper in his mouth, pull it off like a magician whisking a tablecloth off of a fully-loaded table, and spit the wrapper out all in one fell swoop. The people at the local drive-up windows (Sonic, McD's) loved watching him do that. I wish I'd made the video I always said I would of him doing that. He also would take a paper plate, bowl, or french fry holder, very carefully so as not to spill whatever was in/on them, then set whichever it was down on the floor and eat up. Didn't really teach him any of that; he just kind of did it.