My Cereal is Rotten

This morning, Sullivan woke up a little earlier than usual so I said I would make breakfast for us after I was done my morning routine.

He replied, "Daddy, I want to make my own breakfast." Of coarse I was totally fine with this but told him that I would not be ready to eat when he was eating.

He then said, "But my cereal will be rotten if I wait..."

I knew that he meant that his cereal would be soggy. He just didn't have the words to describe what he was thinking. This had me pondering...

Where am I missing vocabulary in my life? Where am I being misunderstood?

Better yet, who am I misunderstanding?