We had a more normal bedtime routine tonight for Mallory. “Normal” consists of her coming out to talk to me/us a couple of times before she finally settles in and falls asleep. I thought she’d reached her normal number of “but I just need {whatever}” trips from her bedroom, so I grabbed my usual evening snack of a couple {okay, four} Chips Ahoy Reduced Fat cookies and a big glass of milk.
As I finished my second cookie, I heard the tiny pitter patter of Mallory feet across the kitchen floor and hurried to swallow the cookie, take a big swig of milk, and cover up my remaining cookies. She needed me to put up her gate in her bedroom, so I followed her back to her room and put the gate up and as I turned to leave, she said “BUT I NEED A HUG & A KISS!” so I giggled and told her to come to the gate.
I leaned down and Mallory gave me a kiss and a hug and then stepped back and asked “what did you just chewed?”
I told her “Nothing, I just had some milk.”
The Princess said back to me: “did you just eat a cookie?”
Ooops.
I stifled a laugh but was honest and told her yes.
Luckily she didn’t ask for one but started telling “when we take our cough medicine den (then) we get a cookie…” and got into bed.