Birthday Candle Crumble

While enjoying Rob's birthday cake last night, we all took a moment to look over at Chase.  He seemed not to touch his piece but was also working painstakingly hard on the morsel in his mouth.  Rob kept offering him bites, all which were denied.  I mean, what kid turns down MORE bites of cake?  I had never seen this before.  So we finally just left him alone...and was it ever a good thing.  The little garbage disposal finally hocked up a large, discombobulated pile of red.  Lo and behold we finally realized that he had, in fact, swiped a lonely birthday candle and decided that it was fair fare!  Who eats the candles?  I have never seen ANY kid eat the candles.  There is CAKE in front of you!  Why are you messing with the candles?  You have sugar, frosting--just delectable goodness--sitting right in front of you for the taking and you choose WAX instead?  So we removed the masticated glob from in front of his plate, retired it to the trash, explained that candles are NOT for consumption and went on with our cake-eating.  So how does he retort?  He reaches for another dam candle!  I think I will struggle with this one for awhile.

This is what was left!