Donut Dates

Grady and I have a thing.  We like to go on donut dates.   I don't get as much time with him at night so we try to take advantage of our mornings when I have a little more flexibility.  With a school start time of 8:45, there is plenty of time to pick up a donut in the morning.  So on the days that I take him to school, we have a little routine.  We go to the grocery store (or donut shop),  he picks out a donut (typically chocolate) a water and a fruit pouch and happily tells the check-out lady that he is getting a donut for breakfast while collecting his sticker from her.  He makes friends with the older gentlemen who tend to read the newspaper at the grocery store Starbucks counter while he tells them all about his donut and whatever else in life is on his mind that particular day.  He is quite a little old soul and I love seeing how he has the ability to light a spark in some of these older gentlemen who so enjoy talking with my spirited boy.  We have delightful conversations and then I send him off to school sugared up and ready to go.  I am sure that his teachers love when he shows up with that sticker on his shirt clearly indicating that it was "donut day" and that he is probably on a sugar high.  I also love donut days because it helps me know when he needs a little extra mommy time. Sometimes when we lie in bed at night, he asks, "Can we get a donut tomorrow, Mommy?"  While I know he enjoys the sugary chocolaty mess of a donut, it is at these times that I know in addition to a burning sugar additction he he needs me and you better believe that I sure try my hardest to make that next day be a donut a day.