I Steal Candy From Children

Anyone who knows me knows that children and I do not get along. I wrote about my young niece and I finally being able to bond and share high fives now that she can talk in short sentences, not coherently but it is enough to communicate. If she understood what I did I am certain she would declare friends off. I know I would if I were in her position.

There is a tradition among my parents, godmother, aunt and uncle and others over Family Day Long Weekend. They all meet up in Edmonton for a weekend of gluttonous food and wine consumption. I have been trying to get an invitation to the exclusive event for years and gave up when I was told I had to have children to be invited. That is clearly not happening. Since my parents still have dogs, who are now grumpy, old and refuse to cuddle, I was asked to head out to Cochrane and dog sit for them. As the favourite child of course I agreed to provide this service for them.

What is it about going back to your parents home and conducting a cupboard raid? I am 28 years old and everytime I go back to my parents I go into the hall cupboard where all the snacks are kept. Does not matter if I am hungry or not. My mom has been out of town and my dad is not much of a junk food addict so the pickings were scarce. I went to the local Subway for a sandwich and when I was grabbing a plate I saw the potty training M&M's that are a reward for my niece at Nana and Papa's house when she successfully goes potty by herself. Scrumptious candy coated chocolate morsels in a desert of no deliciousness.

Shellie Moment: Of course I am going to eat some of these M&M's. It is going to happen. Chocolate does not get discovered and then left alone. What kind of person would do such a thing? Not me. I ate my tasty sandwich creation and put my plate away in the dishwasher like a good housesitter and daughter would do.  To ensure the integrity of the potty training M&M's remained in tact I went to the washroom, washed my hands and as a reward for doing it all by myself I retrieved a handful of potty training M&M's.

These are hers

Now she is protecting them