The Way His Mind Works

Alden is pretty funny sometimes. Some of the things he says make me think he might actually be listening sometimes. Take this scenario.
7:30am - Alden eats 1 bowl (kid-size) of cereal and declares himself done.
9:00am - Alden comes to me and complains about being hungry. I offer him some applesauce which he happily takes, getting himself a spoon.
9:15am - "Mommy, I ate my breakfast and had something healthy for lunch (the applesauce). Now can I have something with sugar in it?"

I love it when he asks me for something with sugar in it. I try to hide the smile though. This comes from all the times we talk to him about eating healthy food and although it's okay to have a treat sometimes, we don't want to eat too much sugar.

I interrupt this post to announce that Alden this instant (9:30am) came to me and said, "Mommy, I want something with sugar in it." I laughed out loud.

We usually try to give Alden healthier snacks in the mid-morning, you know, like 8am. He favors apples, bananas, cheese, yogurt, etc. Whenever he asks for a popsicle or cookie or the like, the things I indulge in all day long, I tell him maybe he can have some after lunch. Hence him thinking when he eats something semi-healthy at 9am, he can have sugar. I'm considering just feeding him a spoonful of sugar. To help the medicine go down.