Much like the rest of the human race Braden loves chocolate. We discovered this a while back, but his love hit a fever pitch during the holiday season.
I know this discovery is along the lines of De Soto discovering the Mississippi River. As Jerry Seinfeld once said, "Like they wouldn't have found that anyway." The discovery itself is certainly not blogworthy, but my little man's passion for the cocoa bean is something to share.
We put out a Christmas candy jar for the holiday season. It contained my favorite candy, Reese's, and Hershey's Kisses. We rarely give Braden candy, but on that special occasion when he eats all his food and been a good boy he can have a treat.
The first time we gave him a Kiss he was a happy man. Then he returned to the foot of the bar where the candy jar rested and began to point. Then he began to cry. Then he began to scream. This went on until we finally hid the candy jar. After that he could only get candy from a secretive place. We had to guard the secret location of the candy jar like Colonel Sanders guards his 11 original herbs and spices.
At our Christmas Eve celebration at Arica's mom's house all the kids got candy canes filled with kisses and some Reese's as well. Right from the beginning Braden picked up the candy canes and carried them around beating things. Then we gave him a kiss and he carried them around for a different reason.
Braden would carry the candy to his mom and scream. If he didn't get any he would then turn to me, then to the next person and so on. He just kept crying for chocolate. Of course my brother in law thought this was hilarious.
Somehow amidst the chaos of the evening we made it home with everyone's Kiss filled candy canes. I think we have 4 or 5 canes. The day after, when the house was still a bit in disorder from all the presents and paper, Braden found some kisses and brought them to me. I declined to give him one and he seemed OK and headed for his room.
A few moments later he emerged from his room with another Kiss loaded container. I guess he has a secret stash.
Unless some government funded academic out there can prove that chocolate is indeed healthy when eaten in mass quantities we are going to have to start storing chocolate in a strong box at our house.
10 comments:
this post cracked me up. isn't amazing how assertive they can be at such a young age.
i have a really scary question...
what happens when the chocolate runs out?
They do figure it out pretty quickly, don't they?
Soon the days of Braden willingly eating mashed peas and turkey with pears will be nothing but a fond memory.
Oh, I was always able to sniff out the hidden candy! LOL! You may need more than a strong box!
That is awesome funny! The kid has his own stash.
The cocoa been is actually very healthy for you and medicinal. Milk chocolate is loaded with milk and cacao, dark chocolate has even more cacao and after all it is a cocoa BEAN. Hershey kisses may actually qualify as a veggie. I know a Microblogologist who champions for more research in this area.
LOL. That is funny that he loves chocolate so much. This sounds like Shae but Shae loves lollipops. She thinks she deserves one just for taking a bath. What happened to the joy of just being clean.
Communication at its finest! He is a smart one.
Once they discover something that is good, they really cling to it don't they? As soon as my little man likes something it is immediately time to hide the source of said goodness because he will climb the walls to get to it.
I like Mama Weasel's explanation. I'm going with hers.
Ditto about WeaselMomma's explanation . . . I'm with Braden. I LOVE chocolate. I'd scream, too, if I couldn't get my chocolate! LOL He's a clever young man.
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