Dessert

We just returned from our annual Thanksgiving "pilgrimage" to New Jersey. Each year our family spends a few days with my wife's extended family, bouncing house to house for different courses in the Thanksgiving feast. It's a lot of fun and I always look forward to it.

Children learn to lie at a young age. What does that have to do with Thanksgiving? "Let me esplain. No....there is too much. Let me sum up."

On Thursday evening, after the meal, we drove to Andrea's aunt's home for dessert. The kids were playing in the other room while eating all sorts of pies, cookies, etc. We tried to make sure that they didn't over do it, so Andrea checked on each of the kids. Hannah and Daniel were done eating, so she called our three-year-old, Jay, over for inspection.

Jay has attempted to lie to us recently. He hasn't tried it much, but enough that we have had to talk to him about it. Andrea took a look at his face and noticed that it was streaked with chocolate. The conversation went like this....

"Jay, did you already have a piece of chocolate?"

"No, Mommy."

"Jay, I'm going to ask you again. Did you eat a piece of chocolate?"

"No, Mommy. I'm serious. I didn't."

"Well, it looks like you're having trouble telling me the truth. Am I going to have to spank you? Now answer the question. Did you have a piece of chocolate."

"I'm telling you the truth. I didn't eat a piece of chocolate......I ate the whole thing!"

That's my boy.