And So The Doughnut Crumbles

I've learned a few things about parenting a toddler so far.

1. It takes a toddler a while to learn to like something new like cous-cous.
2. Once a toddler learns to like cous-cous, he also wants to feed it to himself.
3. After the toddler gets his hands on the spoon, you will be sweeping cous-cous up at least four times before everything is clean.
4. When the toddler gets up from his chair there will be cous-cous under his legs and tush.
5. Later, when the toddler is in his bedroom playing, he will scratch behind his ear and more cous-cous will fall.
6. It is not easy to feed a toddler a doughnut in the back seat at red lights when you are driving.
7. Giving the toddler a chunk of doughnut to feed himself will result in crumbs wedging themselves and disintegrating into the fibers of his car seat.
8. Even if you try to hide your frozen cappuccino drink from the toddler, he will see it or perhaps hear you gulp and will scream like a banshee since you won't give him any. At this point, the doughnut is no longer interesting; nor are the crumbs.
9. Driving in a car with a screaming, crumb-laden toddler while zig-zagging through traffic can cause a headache and the frozen cappuccino drink is of little consolation to you.
10. When you get home and shake off the doughnut crumbs from the toddler's t-shirt, pick the remaining cous-cous grains off of your bare feet and sit down at the computer to write, he will decide it is time to be irresistible and will tip-toe around you until he climbs in your lap and gives you hundreds of kisses.