Cookie Date

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Today was an exceptionally busy day. Between the dental appointment and planning a last-minute trip to Houston, I simply didn't have the time to sit down with the toddler and have a proper lunch. I shoveled a yogurt into his mouth, gave him some goldfish and a sippy cup, and we were out the door and heading all around town like a couple of crazy folks.

So, on our way home, I had the awesome idea of a cookie date at the best place in Little Rock to get cookies: Kris and Sam's. Isn't that what you should do when you haven't had anything to eat since breakfast--stop in for a two o'clock sugar rush??

I parked the car, dug around in my purse to make sure I had cash, and then I made the announcement: "Do you want to go get a cookie!?"

His eyes got big, his little tongue darted out, and thus began the shouts of "COOKIE!" which carried us all way into the store. He ran up to the glass and slapped his hands against it, shouting, "Cookie! Cookie! Cookie!"

"Can I get one flower cookie and one Razorback cookie?" I asked.

The toddler dined on his Razorback cookie and I wondered why the heck I got two cookies for us, when one was way too rich for just myself to enjoy. But being the closet frugal freak that I am, I ate my entire cookie and shoved down half of the toddler's.

It was perfect--enjoying a cookie with my son. He sat in my lap, bounced up and down with joy, and ate his little Razorback cookie. Heaven. We were the only two in the store, so after he finished his cookie, I let him run around the tables, shouting "Chair! Chair! Chair!" And then the owner came out and asked if we wanted to see the flying witch.

Well, duh. Of course we do.

I wondered what the little man's reaction would be. Um, he thought it was the coolest thing ever. He chased the witch across the store, and I laughed that he wasn't frightened.

I'm so grateful for the cookie date days--those days when God gives us a small moment, maybe just fifteen minutes, to take a break and enjoy each other. And, of course, a few hundred calories. :)