Saturday Morning

I love Saturday mornings. There is no rush, no agenda, just getting up and having some time with my boy(s); meaning Trenton, Kelso and Tiger. While the lazy Saturday mornings of sleeping until I wake are gone, they have been replaced with adventures of Trenton. This morning he requested his second all-time favorite meal of oatmeal. The kid can eat oatmeal like none other (literally as much as I can stomach!). First off I must admit I give him instant oatmeal, but I have all sorts of justification for this. One, he eats organic instant oatmeal, and two, he only gets half a pack of the "flavored" kind mixed in with half a pack of Oats & Flax instant oatmeal. And, last but not least, I feel that I'm instilling a healthy option for adulthood that may be something he will actually prepare for himself. Yes, I know why am I justifying to myself...bat at least it makes me feel better about not making it from scratch.

So on this lovely Saturday morning, which I am still thoroughly enjoying, Trenton requested oatmeal with "ray-rays" (code for raisins). So I prepared a bowl of oatmeal with raisins for Trenton and a bowl of oatmeal without raisins for myself. Trenton began his adventure in eating. I must say I was so disappointed my camera was upstairs. He insisted on taking bigger bites than I myself would take, okay...even bigger bites than most grown men would take. They were huge bites. His spoon was so full he had to strain to get his mouth open wide enough. Then upon failing to get the whole bit in his mouth he would cry out in objection to the spillage on his lap, hand and mouth. He handed me his napkin and with a mouth filled to the max asked me, in some sort of gibberish, to clean him up. This proceeded through the whole bowl of oatmeal. I tried to show him smaller bits, but much like his parents, he decided he knew best.

I love Saturday mornings. Then to make my day even better, I went to the cupboard to get my cup for coffee and to my happiness my favoritest (I know it is not a real word, but I'm using it anyway) of 3 favorite mugs was waiting for me.

Saturday mornings!