My oldest grandson, Caleb, started kindergarten this fall. A huge milestone for a little boy. He’s adjusting well, but now comes the transition from believing everything Mommy says to believing everything Mrs. Lavallee says. Mommy relayed a conversation she had with Caleb the other day. Here is my version:
Caleb: Mommy, we have to have to take healthy snacks to school.
Mommy: What’s a healthy snack?
Caleb: Apples, oranges, bananas and carrots.
Mommy: Okay, we can do that.
Caleb: We can’t bring candies or nuts or heart-shaped cookies.
Mommy: Heart-shaped cookies?
Caleb: Heart-shaped cookies are not healthy snacks.
Mommy furrows her brow, attempting to interpret this conversation until she finds a paper in Caleb’s backpack that has apples, oranges, bananas and carrots on the “healthy” side, and candies, nuts and – you guessed it – heart-shaped cookies on the “unhealthy” side. Nuts are apparently on the unhealthy side due to the allergies of some of the students in the school. The conversation continues:
Caleb: Mommy, what are you baking?
Mommy: I’m baking Reece’s birthday cake. Remember, he’s two years old today.
Caleb: Is that a healthy cake?
Mommy: (rolling her eyes) Yes, it’s a healthy cake.
Caleb: (peering into the bowl of cake batter) But I don’t see anything healthy in there.
Mommy: I put pieces of an orange in there.
Caleb: Oh. That’s healthy. Is that all?
Mommy: I am going to put pineapple pieces in the whipped cream.
Caleb: (relieved) Oh good. Then it’s a healthy cake.
How well I remember these conversations with my kids when they were the same age! Julie, enjoy this season in your life.
Inside the Writer 
It seems impossible Caleb’s in kindergarten. How did the years fly so quickly? I’ll bet the little sweetie is going to enjoy himself! Fun post, thanks for sharing. 🙂