"It's not me, its my Tummy!"

Brayden makes me laugh every day. I'm sure most moms with almost 4 year olds can relate because their little minds just come up with the funniest way of saying things at that age. I love it! So this is what has been making me laugh today...

I went grocery shopping yesterday and bought a few snacks for a trip we are going on this weekend. I don't really buy a lot of junk food anymore (because I end up eating it all if it's in the house) so Brayden was excited that I was letting him pick out whatever treats he wanted for the trip.  So after our trip to the store, I made a pile of the stuff we bought on the counter so I could pack it in his backpack for later.

This morning for breakfast, I asked him if he wanted cereal and he said yes. But then he spotted his little pack of cookies on the counter.  And so he said, "I think my tummy really wants cookies.  It keeps saying, "Cookies, Cookies" and I just keep telling it NO but it won't listen to me. I really do want to have cereal, but my tummy is just not going to let me!" 

The best part of all of this is he would use this low, husky voice to be his tummy talking and saying it wanted the cookies. And the little battle between him and his tummy was pretty hilarious. I sat and listened to the whole rundown and it just made me laugh. Especially when his tummy also told him that it was a cookie monster and it began to say "Me WANT Cookies!"

So what did I do? Yep, I'm a sucker and I gave in and let him have one cookie before his cereal. Not gonna hurt anything. I mean, it wasn't his fault that he wanted a cookie, right...That darn tummy of his :) But the trick didn't quite work in his favor later when his tummy insisted it needed to have the M&M's! Even though its cute, this tummy can't always get what it wants!! :)