Strange Cravings

On Thursday, Little Ted started requesting doughnuts ("no-nuts" in Little Ted speak).  I was caught off guard - that morning, he woke up extra early, I had gone to bed late the night before, and I had to shake off my semi-conscious state so I could keep office hours that morning.  I asked him to repeat himself, and, sure enough, I hadn't misunderstood him.

Little Ted knows what doughnuts are - they are part of our Saturday morning routine, along with College Game  Day and college football (in the fall, at least).  But he had never requested them before.  Since I was in a rush that morning, doughnuts just so happened to be convenient, so we all indulged.

When I returned from work later that afternoon, the first thing he said to me was, "no-nuts?"  This continued all day on Friday, and it wasn't until Friday afternoon that I figured out why he was so keen on doughnuts.  

Earlier in the week, we picked up a new Thomas the Tank Engine DVD for Little Ted at Sam's Club.  This particular DVD had a bonus episode, and one of the characters mentions his love of doughnuts in the episode.  Thank you, DVD, for putting the idea in my son's head.

*On that particular DVD, the engines also prepare for a festival, which leads to a crash involving an engine and a freight car loaded with ice cream.  That probably explains Little Ted's request last night for ice cream in place of dinner . . . I guess "food advertising" is as effective on toddlers as it is on adults.