Mr. Independent

This week Garrett has finally decided that he is capable of getting cereal out of the pantry by himself. (Yes, he is 5 years old and we realize many parents can't keep their 2 year olds out of the pantry, but for some unknown reason, Garrett has never attempted to get food out without asking us first.) Sometimes, when I want to ensure a chance to sleep in, I leave a baggie of cereal on the counter for Garrett to munch on when he gets up (usually 6:30-7am). On those days, I also try to leave the tv channel on disney so he can watch a show if he wants to. (Ok, ok, don't judge to harshly. I know at least a few of you do this too!) I did this a couple times last week during spring break. This week Garrett has come into our room early in the morning asking if I left cereal out for him. I haven't. Usually he will just play for a little while until one of us fixes breakfast. Instead he got cereal for himself and turned on tv. Yesterday, he was able to fill us in on the weather and traffic and today he came running into our room telling us all about the soccer, basketball and baseball games he just watched. I looked at Jeff and said, "Did he just watch SportsCenter this morning?" (Jeff was the last one up last night, so the tv channel was on ESPN.) Jeff smiled and said, "That's my boy!" Garrett laughed, very proud of himself, and said, "Yep! I ate my Bumpers (cereal) and watched some sports!" I guess there are worse habits, right?