My Sweet Toothed Boy

Moments ago I watched my son wander down the sidewalk while I was cleaning out the car. He usually walks a little ways and then turns around and comes back. This time he disappeared. So I went into the neighbors backyard to see if he was back there, which is usually where my kids are when I can't find them anywhere else. He wasn't there so I knocked on the neighbor's door to see if he had gone inside of their house. Our neighbor is the nicest old man who always has candy on hand and lots of fun toys for his grandkids. Sure enough, Kode was in his house. He came around the corner with two suckers in his hands, one for him and Lyda. The neighbor said, "He said he was a little bit hungry for candy". We said thank you and I apologized for our interruption and lack of manners. On the walk back home I explained to Kode that we don't knock on people's doors asking for candy. Kode informed me that he didn't knock on the door but instead rang the doorbell. So I told him that we don't ring people's doorbells to ask for candy. He then said, "How do we get the candy then"? He just couldn't see any other way to get the neighbor's attention. So I had to go a step further to explain that we don't ask our neighbors for candy. I told him that next time he should ask me for candy. To which he replied, "But you will say no". Now how do you argue with that?