Sometimes kids are really really good at reminding you to find joy in the little things. Tonight, Mason had A and I smiling and laughing because of his sheer joy. Over a hot dog.
About mid-morning today I realized we had no dinner-makings in the house, and sent A an email asking if he had any special requests. I didn’t get a response, and I got lazy and never went to the store… so we had to go out for dinner. In the car we had to keep Mason engaged in conversation (since he doesn’t nap anymore he falls asleep if you put him in the car anytime after 4…. and that’s just AWFUL) and so the three of us talked about the day and what Mason would like for dinner. He told us a hot dog and french fries.
We decided to try somewhere new, and when I took a look at the kids’ menu, I was only a little saddened to see that a plain hot dog was nowhere on the menu – only a corn dog. All fine and well for most kids, but I know my son and he DOES NOT like changes to his standard foods. We tried corn dogs at home once and he slowly pulled the corn coating off all the hot dogs and told me that part was yucky. However, it was a corn dog or nothing even close to a hot dog, so we took our chances.
As we waited for our food, Mason continued to tell us (over and over and over again) that he would like a hot dog for dinner. And french fries. And salad with ketchup. Finally the corn dog arrived. Mason picked it up and showed it to me. “Wow mama. Big Lollipop!” and then he licked it. A few licks in (A and I were too busy laughing to help him) he put it down and told me “that’s yuck mommy.” He stuck to food from my plate, his side of broccoli and hush puppies until I reached over and pulled some of the corn coating off to give to his sister. AND OH!
WHAT A FANTASTIC SURPRISE!!!
Can you believe, there was a hot dog hidden inside that disgusting lollipop?!?!?













































































































