Milk

This morning, John had cereal for breakfast. It is his job to clean up after breakfast. When I arrived home tonight after work, I saw the cereal container sitting on the the table. I said "John, why is the cereal still out?" He said "Oops I forgot!" And then he ran to the kitchen.  He grabbed the cereal and opened the island cabinet and said "Oh no! I put the milk where the cereal goes!" He pulled the milk container out of the cabinet. I said "John!" He goes "Don't worry. I can just put it in the fridge." I said "No. We can't. It's been out all day long. We have to get rid of it." He was so disappointed. But we were lucky. It was only a quarter full. Guess we got to watch John more carefully when he is cleaning up after breakfast. 

PSA

Tonight at dinner, Gillian asked "Can I have a drink?" John said "Me too? I want milk!" Daddy got the milk. Gillian said "I like milk it's my favoritest!" John said "The doctor said I have to drink a lot of milk. But I don't know why." Daddy said "Well milk has calcium." And John said "And calcium gives you strong bones (and he pointed at his arm) and teeth (and he pointed at his teeth)." I asked him how he knew all that. He said "What? I learned it in health!"

Passing the buck

Tonight, Daddy and I asked Gillian to get her brother for dinner. He was upstairs in his room. She started to walk toward the stairs and stopped. "I can't do it." Again, we encouraged Gillian to go upstairs to get John. She looked at us, pointed at me and said "Mom can do it!"

During dinner, Gillian didn't really want to eat dinner. She kept starting conversations to keep herself busy. At some point she pointed to my glass and said "I drink that?" I told her, "No, it's Mommy's milk." Gillian shook her head and said "That's not milk! You no drink milk!" She was right. I'm not sure why I said milk. It just came out. I was drinking water. Can't get anything past The Bean.