Me, at 6:45am: A, what is all over your face?

A: um… it was ice cream, Mom.

Me: Oh. …did you make a mess?

A, sincerely and without shame: I did, Mom.

^Please note: soup ladle (his “scooper”) and remains of his ice cream cone. Kid commits to the experience, and you have to respect that.

Before anyone fret over my 3-year-old’s decidedly unhealthy breakfast this morning, please note in the background of the photo that he also helped himself to half a “clem” and, of course, an apple that he’ll surely come back to later.

Related: we have been here before // parenting hack: healthy snacks