Trophies and Donuts

First, crank this up:

Then read this:

I might have mentioned it before but The Boy is all about winning these days.

Everything is a game or a race and he doesn’t like to lose. If you tell him, come here and lay down, he’ll first ask that you make a “finish lion” so that he can break the tape and win.

So, being a creative and inventive parent, I showed him how to take a ribbon and make his own finish line in his room. He loved it.

He spent the rest of the evening running through and crossing the finish line in his room. At one point he said, “I won. I win the race. They give me so many trophies. I get all the trophies and donuts when I win the race.”

Now, find a building with some steps on it and run up to the top and raise your fist to the sky.

Like this:

Did you know that donuts are a part of post victory celebrations? Because that’s news to me.