Friday, January 15, 2010

How much does Vala like powdered doughnuts?

Tonight, the small group was over for supper and prayer. As things were winding down, I walked back into the kitchen and was greeted by a two year old with a face full of powdered sugar. Vala was carrying the bag of powdered doughnuts. "All done, doughnuts." she stated, matter-a-factly. I looked in the bag. It was completely empty!

I took her back into the living room and we all had a big laugh as we tried to figure out how many doughnuts had been left in the bag and how many she must have eaten. A couple of minutes later, I walked back into the kitchen to throw the bag away, only to find her chomping into another powdered doughnut that someone had left on their plate. I said "Vala NO!" and ran over to grab it from her, but she saw me coming and shoved it into her mouth as fast as she could. I managed to get 1/4th of the doughnut from her before it made it into her mouth. It was slobbery, so I figured whoever was the owner of the doughnut probably wouldn't want it anymore. I threw it in the trash.

I realized that in the midst of all the commotion, I had failed to think to tell her not to eat anymore. I tried not to laugh as I said, "No more doughnuts."

"Otay." she said. I washed her hands and face and sent her scampering off into the other room. The ladies and I all had another good laugh as I was cleaning up and they were getting hats and coats on younger children. We had just been talking about the tenacity of some children as opposed to others and how to deal with stubbornness, etc. I rinsed the rag out in the sink and turned around just in time to catch Vala, hand still holding the garbage lid open, shoving the last quarter of the doughnut into her mouth!

1 comment:

Britney Emilie said...

lol!!! Oh my goodness I could picture the whole thing, looks and all! (This totally just brightened my day :)