The Incredibly (confusing) Awesome Disappearing Trick. (x2)

My children woke up at 6:45 a.m. this morning. This is early for them. I know for some of you that sounds late...but for them it's probably about an hour and a half too soon. Anyway, it is an important fact that you must bear in mind as we progress through this story.

We did what we had to do early this morning. We came home, hung out, and proceeded to make lunch at our normal time. On the menu:

+Obligatory Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich cut into dinosaur shapes of course

+2 Deliciously Orange Carrots

+Handful of Chopped Apples (a favorite)

+Small(much smaller) Handful of Fritos (mostly because Mommy was having them and didn't want to hear "bite? pwease?" the whole way through lunch.)

We had half a carrot and 2/3 of the sandwich left when we relocated to the desk to video chat with Granmommy.

"Don't eat it, okay?" Lili said as we sat down at the desk with her food.

"Okay, you eat it all then, okay," I replied.

"Okay," said Lili.

DISAPPEARING TRICK-ACT 1

We finished our video chat and were headed to put Truett to bed when I noticed there was still 1/3 of a carrot left and a piece of sandwich no bigger than the last knuckle on your fourth finger (I kid you not). I gave the carrot to Lili and asked her if she wanted the rest of the sandwich. She said no. Instead of throwing it out, I just popped it in my mouth, figuring it was too small to put the effort into throwing it in the trashcan.

A shocked, tearful face appeared on my daughter's little head, and she started screaming that she wanted the sandwich. Figuring I could divert this little tantrum we continued our walk to put TW to bed. We got to his bedroom and she was still crying, though now more hysterically, about the sandwich.

(Imagine this angry face on Liliana...I just found my camera charger... so I won't have to use an outdated photo of my angry son for you to visualize my angry two-year-old daughter for much longer...hang in there)

This is when a very confusing thing happened for both of us:

I opened my mouth to show her that I couldn't get the sandwich back. Indeed, it had disappeared from my mouth and gone into my belly. Unfortunately, this was confusing to her...and at the moment I opened my mouth, she shoved her hand in my mouth wiggling her fingers around, looking for her disappeared sandwich, which was uncomfortable and confusing for me.

I'd never had anyone search my mouth for their food before. I don't recommend it.

DISAPPEARING TRICK-ACT 2

After many attempts at explaining the missing sandwich piece, I decide my poor dear is simply too tired to reason with. She was still hysterically crying as I placed her in her bed for a much needed morning nap. All the while she was crying, "I want sanwich!!!! Pweeeeaseee!" Knowing I could do nothing for her, I kissed her on her head, said, "Sweet dreams, I love you," and left and closed the door. Next thing I know, she's crying, "I want Mommmmyyyyyy!!!" Apparently that disappearing act was equally confusing.

Moral?

You can't really explain much to your kid when their brain is asleep and their body isn't. Oh, and missing food is a BIG DEAL to a two-year-old.