All Fingers and Thumbs

The expression "all fingers and thumbs" had always seemed to me to be a rather ridiculous synonym for clumsiness, after all what could be more dextrous than ones digits? That was until I tried putting gloves on a two year old, at 23 months fingers and thumbs go all over the place, you get to the little finger and there is nothing left to go into it, two fingers in the same hole, thumbs doubled back on themselves, we now arrive at the nursery later than ever since the frost started. I notice that Nora never leaves the nursery with her gloves on. The staff obviously know better than to even try. Experience is a great teacher.