SUGARCANE BABY

My husband LOVES sugarcane and on some level, I think he is happy that I do not eat the stuff. I remember how, during our trip to Costa Rica, the man pulled over to the side of the road, to take sugarcane from a farm. The farm belonged to the hotel we were staying in and he informed them of his 'thievery' at the reception desk, but you get the drift, the guy likes his sugarcane.

Well, somehow, my husband has passed his love for sugarcane to my children. It must have been a little hard for him when, one by one, their sugarcane genes kicked in, because that meant a shortening of his rations, lol! In fact, the love for sugarcane amongst his children is so high, the only thing that can make my daughter, TE, stay quiet for more than 5 minutes is her being focused on eating sugarcane. Same goes for TK, who will walk into the pantry, stand on his tippy toes, grab a huge sugarcane stalk and hide away from everyone else to destroy it.

But of all the sugarcane lovers in my house, nobody matches the commitment of Bomboy to sugarcane. Even before he got as many teeth as he now has, he would suck on a little piece of sugarcane. Now that the guy's mouth is full of teeth, sugarcane does not intimidate him at all. He insists on a large stalk of sugarcane for himself whenever his father shares his sugarcane with the kids.

Well, on Easter Saturday, the family took a drive to see the Cherry blossom trees in Washington, DC and we ended up at the Vietnam Memorial in Virginia, nearby. While there, the kids ran around in the grass, and we had a little picnic during which Bomboy took 'sugarcaneism' to a whole other level.

You see, Bomboy picked up a large branch that must have fallen off a tree, and put his teeth on the thing. Of course, I shouted at him to get the branch out of his mouth to which he shook his head 'No'. As I started walking towards him, the guy quickly explained, "It's my sugarcane, mommy!"

I eventually convinced him that he couldn't sink his teeth into a thick, dirty branch. But when he finally got a taste of the thing, he said "Yuck!", tossed it on the ground and joined the rest of us to have juice boxes, crackers and cheese.

And, just in case you were wondering, Bomboy, TK and TE had actual sugarcane after dinner that night. Clearly, Bomboy's performance during the picnic reminded his father that it was time to stock up on sugarcane again.

Anyway, I hope you guys are all doing well.


*singing Jesse Jagz "♫Sugarcane baby, got me going crazy. Sugar cane baby, you got me going crazy♫"*