Friday, February 13, 2009

Nice try, but no cookie

Elijah, picking at his lunch very pokily, was left alone at the table with instructions to finish his last few bites before helping himself to a cookie. A few minutes later he comes running to me in another room to report: "I all done! Now I have cookie?"
Me: "Put your dishes in the dishwasher, then you may get a cookie."
Elijah: "Okay! I put dishes in dishwasher and food in garbage and get cookie!"
Me: "Um, you said you ate all your food. Is there still some on your plate?"
Elijah: "Um...."
Trapped in his own little lie of helpfulness. Nice try buddy, but no cookie yet.

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