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chocolate at last

Last weekend Ennyn, our 3-year-old, hit a major milestone in any girl’s life; she finally ate her first ever chocolate chip cookie. Yes, at age 3. Those of you that know Ennyn know that she will eat anything except for two items: raw tomatoes and chocolate. I have never met a little girl that didn’t like chocolate.

It all began a couple years ago when we took a family trip to Vancouver, Canada for a cousin’s wedding. Ennyn was 15-months old and on a cold spring day we stopped by a coffee shop for a special treat. Enna clamored for hot cocoa and we split a cup between the two girls. This would be Ennyn’s first taste of chocolate and Yucan and debated on who would take the picture and who would get to be in the picture with her. A momentous occasion it was.

While I crouched down and positioned myself with the camera, receiving directions from Yucan on all those special lighting things, Ennyn took the cup in both hands and used her mouth to find the straw. Taking a big sip I clicked only to see hot cocoa come dribbling out her mouth. She spit all of it out and asked for “normal milk.” Ever since then she has refused to eat chocolate, picking them out of cookies and ice cream. Finally discovering that it wasn’t worth the effort to pick out chocolate she simply chose to forgo anything that had chocolate in it.

Last Friday at Whole Foods I discovered their loaded vegan chocolate chip cookies and decided to try it. It tasted nothing like chocolate, much less a chocolate chip cookie. Not that I’m against vegan desserts; on the contrary, I love them, but I don’t like my chocolate to be messed with. Picking her up from school I excitedly told Ennyn that I had found a different kind of chocolate and asked if she’d try it. Seeing all those chocolate chips her hesitation was so visible, but I convinced her to take a little bite and waited.

“MMMM. I like it!” The verdict is in and her new declaration is, “I only like vegan chocolate!” My job is done.

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