Yesterday Emmett approached me in my bedroom with piece of candy corn held in his hand and said "Hi mommy, do you want some candy?"
(**** translation: what this really means is, "Hi mommy, I'm being really nice to you right now and offering you some candy, so after you eat it I can go and get some myself when you realize how sweet I am").
I responded, "No Emmett, I don't want any cause I just had breakfast.". Then he asked what I knew was coming next, "Well, can I have some mommy?" I responded with another no and asked him to go put it back.
About 15 minutes later I walk into the family room and Emmett is watching cartoons on the couch. I glance down at the candy corn dish. Inside I see soggy little pieces of candy corn covered in saliva. And it dawned on me- he sucked on the candy and then spit them back out again!
I said "Emmett did you suck on the candy corn and then put it back?" He proudly said "yup".
Smart little stinker. He knew he'd be disobedient if he ATE the candy corn because I told him not to. So in order to still taste the deliciousness he sucked on them and then spit it out.
