The not-so-early-bird

I told L she won a prize today for sleeping in until almost 9! Usually she's the first or second one up, but we are all out of bed and drinking coffee before she appears. (I confess, I had to check that she was still breathing- just like when she was a baby.) She wanted to know what her prize was- I gave her a hug. Now she's discovered the new box of chocolate Cheerios for breakfast. "My prize is golden," she says, then adds with a smile, "or should I say, brown?" "My friends are all going to be jealous of the chocolate Cheerios."