I Love You

"I love you, mommy!"

(sometimes it's even whispered with an accompanying gentle pat to my head.)

I literally cannot think of a better phrase to wake up to.

Too bad this phrase has to be immediately followed with, "Now get up and make waffles..."

 This is how my mornings have begun over the past few weeks with the only difference being the item he's craving that morning.

Neither Ben or I can recall Ben teaching him this trick to start out with a nice comment...
Which begs the question:

Are boys hard-wired to know how to manipulate girls?