Every morning for  breakfast I make Andrew a peanut butter and Nutella sandwich. While I am at it, I make Michael a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I will wrap each one in a paper towel, and set the wrapped deliciousness in the appropriate spot: Andrew’s sandwich next to his drink and Michael’s on his lunchbox.

Apparently, this system did not hold up on Monday. Somehow, Andrew had Michael’s PBandJ and Michael had the PBandN.

Andrew was happily munching away on his sandwich in the backseat of the car, when he said, “Hey, does this have jelly in it?”

I looked back and he had eaten half of the sandwich, before realizing it was the wrong sandwich. Luckily, he isn’t an extremely picky eater or this situation could have turned our commute into a nightmare. Michael exchanged sandwiches with Andrew, who proceeded to eat all but a little crust of the peanut butter and Nutella sandwich.

A few lessons can be learned from this:

1. I must now label all the things!

I hope this was specific enough.

2. Andrew is probably getting ready for a growth spurt, which means all the new pants we just bought will be too short very soon.

3. Even though Andrew can be very particular about somethings, he really is a go-with-the-flow kind of kid, when he is well-rested!

4. Sometimes we can be so unaware of our surroundings that we will eat the PBandJ, even though we really expected a PBandN.

I think that the fourth point might be the most important. There are so many times when people just do something to be doing something. Andrew just took the sandwich that was in his spot, expecting it to be his sandwich, and ate half of it before actually processing what he was doing. At least that is what I want to think. Otherwise, my son is unaware of the difference in the flavors of Nutella and strawberry jam.

Please take the time to savor your day.