Chocolate chip muffins

As a special treat, I made mini chocolate chip muffins for breakfast one day this week. After consuming a half dozen of them (after he ate his yogurt and cereal), Alex reluctantly agreed that he had had enough, but I promised he could have two more after naptime. Owen, meanwhile, who never met a sugar-laden treat he didn't love, only had one and had no desire for more. Anyway, as soon as I released the boys from their rooms after naptime, Alex made a beeline for the muffin container and asked if he could watch a little Sprout from the kitchen while he consumed his muffins. (He knows better than to ask if he can eat in the living room.) After I approved the request, Owen decided he too needed a muffin, primarily for the novelty of eating on the floor beside his big brother. I thought they looked so cute sitting side by side, but I'll admit that right after these pictures were taken, Owen promptly crushed one muffin and left the others sitting in a pile on the kitchen tile.