I Thought the Picture Might Ruin the Moment

We had quite a bit of drama this morning over a container of frosting I had sitting on the counter. Nathan saw it, knew what it was and wanted it. At 9:30 in the morning, it wasn't time for frosting! I said no and proceeded to sit down to feed Emily. He pulled a chair up to the counter and then brought me the container. Which he wanted me to open. More drama when I told him no.

Having to get up when I'm nursing is something I don't enjoy and try to avoid. So when I do, even Nathan knows that things must be serious. I took the container and put it on a section of counter I thought he couldn't get to. Now I know there's no such thing. He continued sharing his drama while I sat back down with Emily, who knows she's sharing me and is so patient.

I sort of moved on mentally until I realized how quiet it had gotten. Then I heard little smacking noises behind me, and I KNEW. Nathan had found the frosting again, but this time instead of bringing it to me to open, he decided to take care of that himself.

I turned around slowly to see Nathan with several fingers going from the frosting to his mouth. I asked him what he was doing. He just looked at me. I reminded him that he wasn't supposed to have the frosting. He just looked at me. I knew I wanted a picture, but was afraid it might ruin the moment because I KNEW HE KNEW he wasn't supposed to have the frosting, even though our conversation was vocally very one-sided. In fact, it went like this:



More drama when he didn't get all he wanted.

He got to take an early nap today.