Bean Thief

I am a bad influence on my dear daughter already. I know better, but I did it anyway. Today at Safeway Carina was riding around in the shopping cart pointing at various different things. I was like her personal tour guide. "And on our left, we have the organic vegetables: broccoli, asparagus, and here are some green beans." Well, Carina loves green beans. We usually give her one to munch on while we get dinner ready. She was perfectly content to eat her Cheerios that I constantly have on hand now, but I thought that she would be more occupied if she had a green bean. So....I took one. Just one! I gave it to her and she happily chomped away on it like the organic teether that it is. I fully intended on telling the cashier as I was checking out that I needed to pay for one green bean, which I'm sure would end up costing a penny and a good eye roll from the checker. Yet by the time we were at the register I had forgotten about the stolen bean and didn't remember until we were home. So I explained to Carina that Mommy had made a mistake and that it isn't ok to take things without paying for them. She listened very intently as she banged on a bowl with measuring spoon. Sorry kiddo, your Mommy is a bean thief!