Joel: [looking longingly at the cake I brought home from last night's baptism] Mom, can I have a piece of cake?
Me: Not until you eat, like, 4 vegetables.
Joel: Does eating 4 carrots count as 4 vegetables?
Me: No. One.
Joel: Ok.
[sits down with the bag of carrots and hummus]
OK, I ate 10 carrots! That counts as 2 vegetables, right?
Me: Sure. [...] What are you making now?
Joel: I don't know, broccoli, 10 of them, with cheese. You said 4 of them is 1, so after I eat them I'll be done with my vegetables, right?
Me: [feeling slightly manipulated] Yeah, ok.
Joel: Done!
Harlan: Hurray!
Joel: Cake? [with goofy grin]
Me: OK.
2 comments:
You should have just let him have the cake. You could have saved him some calories. ;)
Love this.
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