"Too Much Sugar?"

I digress....
Before we even brought Giovanni home back in early December we decided that we would hold off giving him sugar-laden goodies (cookies, candy, soda, etc.) until we had expanded his palate to include foods other than the limited starches that made up the majority of his diet in Ethiopia.  Somehow we made it through Christmas (stocking was stuffed with an orange and LOTS of little toys and games) and now almost 5 months later he still gets his sugar naturally from fruits and occasionally real Vermont maple syrup (which is mandatory eating if you tap your own trees!).

He asks me before eating anything new or offered to him by others if it has "too much sugar"?  If my answer is "yes", he moves on to something else to eat or drink.  He is so militant about sugar that my friends have promoted him to Chief of the Sucrose Police as he is very adamant that no one add more than one packet of sugar or substitute to their drinks.

Okay, now to the real story...
Today we decided to try the Episcopal Church at his school.  We love the Presbyterian Church we attend but thought we might find one with a few more little ones.  One big difference in the two churches is that in the Episcopal Church communion requires the congregants to go up front and kneel.  The priest then gives a blessing and a communion wafer followed by a parishioner who carries a cup of wine for dipping. As we approached the front I turned around to see a look of terror on Giovanni's face.  There was no way he was going to get close to either the priest or the wafers.  The priest laughed (thank goodness!) and gave Giovanni a blessing from a far.  Nick and I took communion and Giovanni followed us back to our seats.

As we were walking back he wanted to see where the wafer was...so, I discreetly stuck my tongue out to show him the wafer sitting on it.  His eyes got huge as he looked up at me and with complete sincerity asked aloud (with emphasis on LOUD)..."too much sugar?"