Noodles not love

The other evening, I told Matty that I loved him.  His reply: “NO!”  I asked him if he loved me and once again: “NO!”  I asked him in a couple of different ways a few more times only to have him tell me, “NO!”  I even asked for a hug and he wouldn’t do that.

The next morning, while he was sitting on the potty, I told him that I loved him.

This time his reply was, “I love you too.”

I was taken aback by this.  I asked him why he didn’t just say that the night before. 

He told me, “Cuz I wanted noodles.”