The Carlson Column: Thanksgiving Benny

Friday, November 28, 2008

Thanksgiving Benny

So, my sweet Benny boy says to me the other day, "Mom, I like to lick my cheeks cus my cheeks taste good!" As he wore his grape juice stain in mustache form, like he does every morning. He was even wearing his boxers only still when he said this to me, so it made me want to snuggle and squeeze the love out my cute baby. Which I would have but we were in the car taking Sergeant Stink to school. (He likes to stay in his jammies or boxers while we take brother to school). I chuckled and said, "I bet! They look tasty to me!!" So I tried to get a picture of this, and he suddenly became shy about his yummy cheeks... no such luck.

Yesterday Morning chef Benny wanted to help make cinnamon rolls for our Thanksgiving breakfast. For those of you that don't know... Benny loves to cook and help in the kitchen a lot. So I made some hot chocolate for us, put on Jon & Kate Plus 8 and we started.

Here he is, and they were yummy, I bet as yummy as his sweet cheeks. And yes, he even did it in his boxers. Happy Thanksgiving!

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