Friendly Neighborhood Sippy Cup

Lil Sippy Cup woke up this morning and decided he was Spider-Man.

There was no magical transformation (I asked), no bite from a radioactive spider (I checked), and no super-human powers (I tested).

He just woke up and decided that he was Spider-Man and that he would only respond to being called "Spider-Man" for the entire day.

Me: "Hey, little buddy."

Lil Sippy Cup: "I'm Spider-Man!"

Me: "Oh, that's odd.  I thought you were my little dude."

Lil Sippy Cup: "Nope.  Call me Spider-Man."

Me: "Sure, whatever you say.  So what do you want for breakfast?"

Lil Sippy Cup (blank stare)

Me: "Pancakes?  Eggs?"

Lil Sippy Cup (blank stare)

Me: "Seriously?"

Lil Sippy Cup (blank stare)

Me (sighing): "What would you like for breakfast, Spider-Man?"

Spider-Man: "Oh, daddy, I didn't hear you.  I would like cereal.  Thank you."

Patiently Waiting

Patiently waiting for anything is an incredibly difficult thing for a 3 year-old to do.

The concept of delayed gratification (as we explored here) is foreign and incomprehensible to them.

Nevertheless, they are capable of it on rare occasions.

Like, for example, this morning, when Lil Sippy Cup, inspired by the Halloween episode of "Max and Ruby", patiently hid in the kitchen for 10 minutes with the lights off so that he could jump out and yell "BOO!" at his father at the precise moment said father was walking in front of the kitchen door.

My heart and my head still hurt.

Lil Sippy Cup, on the other hand, still thinks it is the funniest thing he has ever done.

Deft Deafness

Me: "Lil dude, do you want a slice of bread?"

Lil Sippy Cup: "No, I didn't pee on my bed!"

Me: "What? I asked if you wanted a slice of bread?"

Lil Sippy Cup: "You hit your head?! Are you ok?"

Me: "I'm fine! I wanted to know if you wanted a slice of bread?"

Lil Sippy Cup: "Ha ha! I do like the color red!"

Me: "I give up."

Lil Sippy Cup: "Yes."

Me: "Yes what?"

Lil Sippy Cup: "Bread. I want a slice of bread."

A Letter to Future Sippy Cup (8)

Hey kid,

Right now, it's 11:45pm and I just checked in on you sleeping.

The room felt cold and you were huddled in a fetal position so I went into the linen closet and got you a warmer comforter.

You are 3 and a half years old which means I have been your father for 3 and a half years.

I have never felt more like a daddy than I do right now.

I love you more than you will ever know or understand.

Sincerely,
Dad

A Nutritious Breakfast?

Me: "How many brownies have you eaten?"

Lil Sippy Cup (mouth full, smiling, and holding up 1 finger)

Me: "How many brown-"

Lil Sippy Cup (mouth full, smiling and holding up 2 fingers)

Me: "2!?  You just woke up! How di-"

Lil Sippy Cup (mouth full, smiling and holding up 3 fingers)

Me: "3? Really? How did you eat 3 brownies already?"

Lil Sippy Cup (swallows, smiles with a mouth full of chocolatey teeth) : "Yum."