It’s morning.
I am stiring the cocoa mix into my much-needed cup of hot caffeine goodness.
Peanut is still asleep and Monkey is watching my every move.
“What doing?” he asks in his littlel 2 year-old voice.
“Mommy’s making cocoa,” I answer. “What do you want for breakfast?”
“I want cocoa, too,” he says, quickly finding his plastic mug in the drawer of sippy cups.
I use a spoon and put a few spoonfuls in his mug to cool off. “Do you want peanut butter toast for breakfast?” I ask. (It’s his favorite thing to eat in the morning.)
“No.” (That’s unusual….)
“How about dinosaur oats?” I ask.
“No, oats are hot,” he says.
He starts to rumage through the cabinet where the cereal is.
“How about some dry graham cracker cereal (Golden Grahams)?”
That’s when he pulls out the Pop-Tart box. “Want Pop-Tart…”
Not wanting his breakfast to consist merely of cocoa and a Pop-Tart (all that sugar so early in the morning could spell trouble after all…) I try again…. “What else do you want? How about some oats with your Pop-tart?”
He looks at me like I’m crazy. “Pop-Tarts are good!” he assures me.
I open the box and start to pull out the plastic baggie with the open sleeve of Pop-Tart goodness. He is pulling out other wrapped Pop-Tarts at the same time. “How about the one we already have open?” I ask.
“Want boo-berry,” he says, still searching.
“This one IS blueberry,” I assure him.
At this point he starts licking his lips. (I try hard not to laugh at his eager anticipation.) “Oh!” he says, still licking his lips.
Breakfast continues with him telling me how you have to “munch the Pop-Tart” carefully. I make sure to follow his directions, blowing on my cocoa when he worries it may be too hot for me.
I am well aware that all too soon these innocent moments will be long gone…
A Pop-Tart and a few sips of cocoa are well worth it to be able to slip into his world for a bit, and that’s what I’m thankful for this Thankful Thursday.
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This post was inspired by Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop: Capture what it’s like to spend a day or a moment talking with your kiddo.
(inspired by Big Mama Cass)
thepsychobabble says
February 23, 2012 at 10:14 amCoco and poptarts sound delicious:)
admin says
February 24, 2012 at 10:58 amIt was a nice change. 🙂
1tootiefoodie says
February 23, 2012 at 11:33 amSo sweet. My 2year old loves Poptarts too. Except when she says it it sounds like gog cart.
admin says
February 24, 2012 at 10:54 amLOL. Oh, I can’t even remember what mine use to call them. He just started to say it right…. I love how things come out of 2 year old mouths sometimes!
christina says
February 23, 2012 at 11:55 am(wow, i can’t believe i had to do math to comment- too funny!)
i love these moments SO much. mine is 2, too and it’s just sooo much fun. and now i’m off for a poptart! 🙂
admin says
February 24, 2012 at 10:49 amYou just have to love 2 year-olds… 🙂
LOL – yeah, the math plug-in was one of the few spam plug-ins that would work with my version of WordPress and was free. Just doing my part to keep other moms on their toes! 🙂
dumb mom says
February 23, 2012 at 12:13 pmI should send you all of our blueberry Pop Tarts. The Dudes only like the cinnamon & strawberry ones, but we have bunches of blueberry left b/c they come in a three pack at Costco. And clearly I’m too cheap to buy them at the regular store. Guess the soccer team will be getting post-game Pop Tarts this spring!
admin says
February 24, 2012 at 10:43 amYes, I hate when I buy a variety pack of something and one flavor is ignored. It happens all the time with instant oatmeal here. They eat the peach and blueberry but not the banana.
Hope the soccer team likes Pop-Tarts! 🙂
shari lynne @ Faith Filled Food For Moms and Grandmothers says
February 24, 2012 at 10:45 amAawww I love that..You are a fantastic Mommy to know that these times are more important than nutritional requirements..He can get that another time:)
Blessings!
Chelle says
February 24, 2012 at 11:18 amwow….loved hearing that conversation in my head. thanks. and there is NOTHING wrong with cocoa and booberry pop-tarts, they contain eggs, milk, and all sorts of wholesome stuff, right??
admin says
February 25, 2012 at 6:37 pmNever thought of it that way, but they do have some good stuff in them (somewhere). 🙂
Jamie says
February 24, 2012 at 3:52 pmSo cute! I love this! Found you via blogfrog. Nice stopping by today! 🙂
BigMamaCass says
February 24, 2012 at 4:38 pmAww Too cute!!!
Ginny Marie says
February 24, 2012 at 7:56 pmI just love reading what your little boy is saying in his little 2 yr old’s voice…I can just hear it! It seems like we left the 2’s a long time ago, but my little one is only 4!
admin says
February 25, 2012 at 6:26 pmI know! I can’t even remember my 4 year old being 2 (of course I had a baby I was taking care of at the time), but it makes me so sad. I’m trying to soak in this one all I can.
admin says
February 25, 2012 at 6:26 pmI know! I can’t even remember my 4 year old being 2 (of course I had a baby I was taking care of at the time), but it makes me so sad. I’m trying to soak in this one all I can.
Karen Dawkins says
March 1, 2012 at 2:16 pmSweet!!! Enjoy these memories. Make a blog book one day, please… Your kids will adore all these memories! 🙂
admin says
March 2, 2012 at 10:08 amThat’s my plan, if I ever start it!