Big kid now

He wants to do everything his big brother and sister do.

So when it came to his first hot chocolate, a sippy cup just wasn't going to cut it. He insisted on one of those Starbucks' kids cups (the ones I talked the kid in the drive through into giving me bunches of for just such an occasion).

And afterward, when the cup was empty and there were no drips to clean up, I started to wonder. Perhaps the secret to limiting our food- and drink-related messes around here is to give the kids something so delicious that they finish it too quickly to spill.

I might be on to something here. Brownies for dinner anyone?