My baby is growing up!

I knew this was going to happen, but when it does, it's a bit surprising. My baby is growing up. Julian turned 5 in January and he has been making leaps and bounds in learning and growing for the last 6 months. Tonight I had to bite my lip in order not to laugh out loud and make him feel self conscious. He was relating a story about how one of his teachers had cheese and he was hungry and he told her he really liked that kind of cheese and she finally gave him some and then he didn't know what to say to her. He'd told me the same story in the car and I asked him if he said thank you. He said no. I told him he should have and he said he forgot.

So as he was telling his dad the same story at dinner, Myron asked him the same question I did - did he say thank you? And Julian said "Dad, that's not the point!" "I was hungry, it was string cheese and I like string cheese." I had to put my glass up to my face to hide my smile. Since when do 5 year olds say It's not the point?

And then after dinner, he asked if he could have candy but could he please have some "french cheese" first. Huh?!? He went with me to Costco yesterday and they were sampling this cheese. We had some and he wanted more. He loved it and I bought it. So now, he wants that cheese for snack and apparently as dessert - or a palate cleanser before his candy!

Where did my little baby go???