Piece of Cake

Yesterday after dinner, the children got a little bit of cake for reward. And I got a lot of cake, which I think has wreaked havoc on my digestive system, but that's another story.
At one point there was just one small piece of cake left and I gave it to Noah because a) Jonah had already had cake because he is not a picky eater and b) because Noah had finally finished his dinner.
Noah was watching PBS kids on the no Marty Walsh Channel and eating a bit of his cake when Jonah headed towards it. In general, Noah usually takes things from Jonah because often times Noah will finish his cakes or baos before Jonah and then demand that Jonah share what is left. Also, Noah is just bigger. The opposite, where Jonah takes something from Noah is more rare, because of size, quickness and also in general Jonah will even share with Noah or take the smaller piece just from Noah flipping out, because Jonah will take pity on him. Jonah gets this weakness from me and I will have to warn him about this later in life. Cookies and cakes are fine. large amounts of money, favors, and other sorts of commitments are not. It is difficult for our type pf personalities to put ourselves first......... except when it comes to cake.

Jonah was not moving particularly fast and Noah did see him in his peripheral vision, it's just that he didn't want to pull his eyes away from the tv, and then Jonah had the cake in his hand. With complete focus on his goal he stuffed it into his mouth and ran into the kitchen simultaneously while laughing and covering his mouth with his hands. Noah followed in protest and anger. Jonah did not try at all to defend himself, focusing instead on keeping his hands over his mouth lest Noah reach in and rid him of his cake.

Inevitably, in the struggle, which had many giggles followed by moments of anger from Noah, followed by more giggles from Noah as well, left many large sized crumbs on the floor. I witnessed in a mixture of horror, curiosity and amusement as Noah lay down on the floor and started eating the crumbs off the floor with his mouth. I would say like a dog except he wasn't on all fours, but laying in the ground like a snake. Jonah then laughed and started doing the same thing. Good thing the floor was pretty clean as it had been washed today.


I handed out cookies to Noah as a replacement for his lost piece of cake, the last piece as it so happened.