My kids have inherited my love of dry cereal, so that's typically how we start our day. They get their sippy cup of milk and a small plastic bowl full of dry cereal (Fruit Loops were on today's menu). Sounds harmless, right? It can be, but at other times it causes a few problems.
Connor has always had a bit of a sneaky streak in him, and when you combine that with his belief that everything in the house belongs to him, it can result in unhappy brothers. He's been known, on occasion, to steal their cereal when they're not looking and dump it into his bowl (and then to replace their bowl where he found it as if nothing had happened and his brother had simply eaten all of his while not paying attention). Like I said, sneaky.
Well, this morning in Connor's absence (he's still visiting with Pappy), Sawyer decided to follow his lead. It's the first time I've ever seen him do anything remotely sneaky. He usually keeps to his little window and doesn't interact too much with his brothers. But today he took Xander's bowl of dry cereal, carried it across the room to where his bowl was, emptied it, and then returned the bowl. He did it not once, but twice, because Mommy saw him the first time and redistributed the cereal into the two bowls. The second time, I just let it go. Clearly Xander wasn't into it, or there would have been screaming and crying anyway.
And though Mommy should not be encouraging or even allowing such sneakiness to occur, I did smile at the cute little grin on Sawyer's face as he was doing it.
