Gabe discovers the secret to the pancake

Well, Stephanie and I made a good go of it, that’s for sure.   For more than a year now, Gabe has absolutely adored pancakes.    We have a family tradition of Sunday brunch, and the little guy’s eaten pancakes, eggs and sausage for as long as I can remember.   But, and here’s the trick, Stephanie and I have been keeping the syrup away from him.    He’s been eating those pancakes plain — which is good for both his nutrition and his hygiene.Sadly, it seems that those days are over.This week, his awareness of people around him got just that much bigger.    Even though I’ve been eating pancakes with syrup this whole time, only this week, Gabe suddenly realized that Daddy’s pancakes looked different than his pancakes.    He got a taste of mine, and didn’t go back.    Now he’s eating breakfast with his cousin Cami, and pointing at her syrup and asking, “I have this, please?”