"I want bear cookie!"

I turn my head for a second and instantly my bowl is empty and his has a lot more!

M-"Hey, did you take my cookies?"

NJ-"Noooo."

M-"Why did you take them? Can I have them back?"

NJ-"No."

M-"That's not nice! You can't just take food from other people. You have to ask!"

NJ-"I ask nicely, can I have your food and then take it?"

M-"Yes. Well, no. You ask nicely and then if they say yes, then you can."

M-"Please can I have my bears back?"

NJ-"One."

M-"One?!"

NJ-"But I'm sharing!"

M-"No, you stole them!"

And then, they're gone... He looks right at me through the bowl as he eats the rest of "his" cookies!

NJ wants me to sit with him to eat mini bear cookies (mini teddy grahams) with him. I pour some in his bowl and a few in mine. I didn't really want any, I was just humoring him... but then I did end up wanting some, just on principle alone! What a little cookie thief! I felt like I wasn't much older than he was begging him for my stolen cookies!