Late wave

I was walking to get my morning coffee I saw a man sitting on the bench outside, as a stroller passed by he waved at the 2 little munchkins inside it. They didn't respond...right away, as I passed the stroller I heard the little boy ask his mom, "can I wave?" His mom said "yes you can wave." So he did, but by then he was a few feet past the man and the gentleman looked a little sadden by the lack of response. So as I approached I told the man "sir, he waved back, it was just a late wave, he asked his mom if it was ok." The man smiled and said "oh ok then, better late then not at all." Such a cute encounter