Don't cry over spilled...cheerios?

I have a 2  1/2 year old who makes messes.

This morning the mess was spilled cheerios (see them behind him?).

That same toddler also refused to pick up said cheerios.

Rather than freak out, what do I do?

Give him a string with tape on one end and a cheerio tied to the other. 

All of a sudden he has a fun game of making a necklace and 

he's working on fine motor skills and inadvertently picking up the mess.

Everyone wins. :)

Kids say the darnedest things...

Every so often the little guy says something that gives me a glimpse of just how much more he knows than I realize. Yesterday while browsing the consignment store, he runs to the next booth pointing and yelling "Pan-eh! Pan-eh!" I look over and he's jumping and pointing to a globe- the planet! I think maybe it's a fluke, but I get it down for him to see and  he says it again! Then he smiles, points up, and says "Moon!" Woah! This kid blows me a away!