From Merriam-Webster she·nan·i·gans/SHəˈnanəgənz/Noun 1. Secret or dishonest activity or maneuvering. 2. Silly or high-spirited behavior; mischief. * * * Yesterday at the pool, I was sitting with a friend of mine, Becky, and recounted a story of my daughter’s first day at pre-school. My daughter is now eight—soon to be nine—and she’s the best. But, when she was three, she went through a little phase of throwing full-blown temper tantrums (they lasted about two months, and the most notables occurred when I took her away from the train table at Barnes & Noble. This type of behavior was not acceptable to my husband and me, and we soon nipped it…