Sugar High

Dear Sawyer,

We met up with Aunt Sarin, Uncle Austin and your cousin Julietta for lunch yesterday and afterward, Aunt Sarin took us to a bakery so that she could buy you kids a treat. You and JieJie walked up to the colorful display case housing cookies, cupcakes and other sugary goodies and Aunt Sarin asked you to pick out what you wanted. JieJie picked out a pink-frosted cupcake and you chose a chocolate-frosted one. Aunt Sarin turned to me and asked me if that was okay. I saw a green frosting leaf on top of the cupcake, assumed it was a mint chocolate cupcake and said, "Sure." Aunt Sarin then proceeded to pay for the cupcakes when Uncle Austin jumped in and said, "Wait, I think the leaf cupcake has CBD in it." He asked the cashier if that was true and she nodded, which means Aunt Sarin almost gave you a cupcake with drugs in it!!! She didn't know what the green leaf really meant, either! Thank goodness Uncle Austin did!

I am not sure what would have happened to you had you eaten the, er, enhanced cupcake (My guess: "Wow, Sawyer is taking such a long nap today!" Daddy's guess: "Man, Sawyer is asking for a lot of snacks.") but I am really relieved we didn't find out! Aunt Sarin and I texted this morning and were still laughing about the mix-up. We will most likely be telling this story at every family gathering for the rest of our lives!

I had no idea that it is now legal to sell CBD-laced products in New York. I have since learned that it does not have the same psychoactive effects as straight marijuana but whether it's safe for kids is still in debate. When we walked into the bakery with two little kids, how did the cashier not feel the need to warn us about the ingredients when we picked out the CBD cupcake?!

Love,
Mom