Cake anyone?

Not sure if any other mommies out there are experiencing this, but for my 2 year old, 'birthdays' = 'cake'. Let me explain further, we were at a friend's son's birthday party a few weeks ago, and between each line of 'happy birthday', you could hear her whisper the word 'cake' which only got louder and louder with impatience, that by the end, the entire party could hear her! And lately, we have been attending many birthdays, and it seems that children around this age are obsessed with cake and it goes beyond just taste. There is what the cake looks like, and the excitement of candle blowing and cutting it and finally of course tasting it. Extra brownie points if it's chocolate! So now whenever I need to reward my daughter, it's followed by 'you'll get cake if you finish this'. Whether I choose to reward her is different but it certainly gets her attention!

Soon after cake, came ice cream and it has the same highly pleasurable affect. The different flavours, the cold texture in the mouth which eventually dissolves and once again if it's chocolate then even better! And this is just the beginning of a lifelong love of sweet things...