Wednesday, March 18, 2009

They'll Brighten Your Eyesight!

At dinner tonight:

Me: Tizzy, eat two more carrots and you can be excused.

Tizzy: Just two?

Me: Or as many as you'll eat.

Tizzy: I will eat JUST one.

Brad: Ho-Ho! You walked RIGHT into that one!


23 comments:

The Dotterel said...

So, night-vision in just one eye then!

Vodka Mom said...

oh yeah.....

starrlife said...

Good strategy!

Team Serrins Springfield said...

Do you ever find yourself wanting to give them an algorythm on the menu:

If carrotsyourewillingtoeat >= 2
then
eat carrotsyourewillingtoeat
else
eat 2!

Dana's Brain said...

Love it! My brother was a no veggie kid. My Mom once said to him when he asked to be excused from the table,
"Jeff - not one of those green beans has passed your lips!"

To which he put one on a fork, opened his mouth, put the fork with the bean in his mouth - and promptly took it out again, "Now one of them has passed my lips."

Wise Ass.

CaraBee said...

He's a wiley one!

Jen said...

they always find a way.

Colleen - Mommy Always Wins said...

D'OH!

MereCat said...

Snappy comeback! Wow!

Casey said...

Semantics will get you every time. I have a feeling I'm headed down a similar path.

Woman in a Window said...

Who can argue with that?

Cheryl Lage said...

Been there. Should have warned you.
We've gotten so far as "how big a spoonful?"

Now, it's "all of it" for dessert and "If you don't finish dinner, don't wake me up early because you're hungry."

Don't say I never warned you... ;)

for a different kind of girl said...

I often tell my kids that I'm the smartest person they'll ever come across, but when kids pull things like this, clearly they are smarter than we adults can ever hope to be!

Skunkfeathers said...

In a twist of an old adage, Tizzy preferred one carrot to getting 'the stick' of two ;)

ChefDruck said...

I'm used to the bargaining now. I always start high - usually with 10.

Except with peas. I start with 25.

cheshire wife said...

Next time suggest four.

Bona Fide Mama said...

nice!

MGM said...

Indeed. Outsmarted again. Every mommy with a precocious child experiences it at least once per day!

ArneA said...

Don´t even try to rule your children
:)

david mcmahon said...

It might even work with broccoli!!

Sus said...

I hate smartie pants - kids and husbands.

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