I spy ... fresh breath!!

I had the funniest game of 'I Spy' with my 6 year old in the car yesterday morning.

It's not unusual for him to want to play I Spy - it's one of his favourite car games. We were on our way to school, just the two of us, and we had fun going through the usual objects.

He went first.  "I spy with my little eye something beginning with G."   "Grass?"  No.  "Gravel?"  No.  Turned out it was Garden. 

My turn.  I chose the letter T.  Tree.  Too easy, he got it first go.  

Although, I don't mind admitting, I will purposely give easy ones if I'm not really in the mood to play.  Also, it's only six minutes to school in our car, so we tend to keep it pretty simple anyway.  

Well, that's the theory.

"I spy with my little eye something beginning with P", came the voice from the back seat.  No worries, I thought.  "Posts?"  No.  "Power poles?"  No.  "Power lines?"  No.  Hmm.

"Is it inside the car or outside the car?"  I asked.  Inside.  I had a quick glance around me, trying to work out what the answer could be, but he was so excited about me having trouble that he jumped in with, "Do you give up, Mum?"  Okay mate, I give up.

With glee, he announced, "It's my Powerful breath!"  What??  At this stage I was thinking maybe I should have checked he'd brushed his teeth before we headed off, until he explained it further.

"Before we left, I had one of your mints and the packet said it would give me Powerful Fresh Breath."

I swear, he said it with Capitals.

It probably did give him really fresh breath too, but how he thought I’d be able to ‘spy’ that (especially with him sitting behind me in the car) I’ll never know.

At least I can be proud that he reads the packaging – and the makers of Eclipse mints would be thrilled to know their labelling has had an impact!