Kit Kat

Today I was eating a KitKat. Jack took a sudden interest in it, even though he has never had one. In fact, he isn't much of a sweet tooth (didn't get THAT from me!). He's had ice cream and cake but we haven't given him any candy at all. But he eagerly accepted the little piece of KitKat and stuffed it in his mouth.

"Mmmm, chocolate," said Paul.

Jack didn't appear to love it but didn't dislike it either. However, he came back for a bite of the second stick and said, "KitKat". My eyes bugged out of my head. I had never given him a KitKat nor had I said the word when offering it to him. I looked at Paul. "Have YOU given him a KitKat before?" He hadn't. The only other option was Grandma, who never gives him sweets. So now I'm thinking that the kid can read. I couldn't figure it out but then I said, "Jack, say 'chocolate'." "KitKat" he said. So there's bad news and good. The bad news is that he can't read. The good news is that 1) he's only 21 months old and 2) he only heard the word "chocolate" once before he started using the word!