Candy Corn

I'm reading a bedtime story to my daughter last night -- frequently, she'll choose a Winnie the Pooh book. This night was no different. At the end of the story, the Hundred-Acre Wood gang are all enjoying honey at a picnic. We shared the following dialogue:

"Everyone likes honey, right Daddy?"
"Pretty much since it's sweet, that's why everyone likes chocolate and candy."
"I like candy, except for those little things that are orange, yellow and white..."
"Candy corn?"
"Yeah..."

She follows the last response by making that face....you know the one you make when you taste something awful and you wrinkle your face to the point where people know to get out of the way because things are going to come flying out of your mouth in the near future.

After she's settled in, I head to the kitchen. A short time later my wife returns from her trip to the store. She's excited to share with me what she picked up for my daughter's school snack.... You know where this is going, right? Yep, you guessed it....she had brought home candy corn!

You should realize that in over 12 years of marriage, I don't recall my wife EVER buying candy corn. And the one time she does is within an hour of my daughter sharing her disdain for it. Real-life comedy....gotta love it.

Of course, once my daughter got up for school this morning I made sure I was in the room when my wife showed her the new snack. It was enjoyable to see that face again. This tale does have a happy ending....my daughter brought goldfish crackers for her snack.