So intractable, so gullible...
There are many days that the parent of a toddler rues his child's growing savvy. He can no longer put the toy behind his back and make the child think it disappeared. He can't as easily distract her from a fight over the sandbox bulldozer with an enthusiastic suggestion that she go on the twirly slide, or from crying for mommy milk with an offer of animal crackers.
So as Tom observed, it's almost a shock when he discovers he still has the upper hand in a Wily Battle of Wits now and then.
We dined at Whole Foods yesterday for lunch, along with Edith's friend Julia and her family. Tom and Brian were busy feeding the girls at one end of the table while the mamas talked at the other end of the table.
As we walked out of the store and headed home, Tom was munching on the remainder of a package of brownies we'd all shared.
"Mommy, I had a chocolate brownie! But just a little piece," Edith told me.
"Why just a little piece?" I asked.
"Because the package said on it 'Little girls named Edith shouldn't eat too much brownie, because it's not healthy for them--just adults.'"
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Wow! I thought the package just talked about Soren, but had no idea that it discusses Edith too. :) (And how about "the store/museum/library is closed today," and "oh, this cake is really spicy, want some?" (guaranteed to make Soren shrink away in distaste and fear), and my newest success: "the baby would really like it if...." Ah, there will be hell to pay someday when they realize how manipulated they were...
That is awesome...
-g
Heh. Fantastic. :) But you'd better watch it -- she knows what her name looks like in print, so you *know* that one of these days she'll ask to see where it says her name on the package... Good luck with that one. :)
If you're a proponent of "this cake is really spicy," kcs, you should become familiar with my mother's childhood offer of chocolate-covered cherries to her younger sisters: "Mmmm...these deer hearts are so good!" (Then again, you are also the oldest of three sisters, so you may have such tricks up your sleeve already.)
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