A lollipop for the road?

We were at the grocery store, getting some ingredients for that night’s dinner, and as we’re leaving Jack announces, “Mama, I want a lollipop for the road.” Seriously. Where does he get this stuff? Okay, okay, he gets it from me. I’m all about the “one for the road.” Like when we leave the park I give him a Nutrigrain bar for the road.

We’d been home for about a half an hour and he just wouldn’t let this lollipop thing go. I told him I’d give him one after lunch and he proposed having one for lunch. Always negotiating.

I’m not even sure how he got the idea in his head in the first place. When he initially made the request I looked around to see if maybe there was some kid suckin’ on a lolly, or perhaps a display at the cash. Nope. Nothin’. His brain is programmed to desire sweet and forbidden treats. Not that lollipops are forbidden, but for lunch they are.

Anyway, he ate his lunch and forgot about the lollipop. Mama 1, Jack 0.

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