Yesterday evening, during dinner, my two year old son wanted dessert, but didn’t want to eat his dinner.  I gave him a threshold… he had to eat three more bites or there would be no dessert (ice cream sandwich).  We went around and a around a few minutes, and he ate two bites… but ‘dropped’ the third out of his mouth.  So, no ice cream sandwich.

I grabbed an ice cream sandwich for the six year old and then went to draw a bath for the younger one.

As I was coming back into the room, the older one asked if his brother could have an ice cream sandwich because he relented and ate the final bite.  Both boys had the same story (I don’t think the younger one is ready to try to deceive on purpose quite yet).  There was a bite missing from the plate (I had moved it to the counter while dessert was being served for the older one).

I am very proud of my six year old.  He didn’t have anything to gain from talking his brother into eating… in fact, he knows that the more ice cream sandwiches that the little one eats, the fewer HE will get to eat.

Nothing real estate or car related… just a Dad being proud of one of his boys…

And don’t forget that tonight (Thursday, August 12th, 2010) is the Cub Scout Round-up at Arcado Elementary School.  This is a chance for any boys there that want to be Cub Scouts to come out and join up…  They can join anytime, but this makes it easier for them to move up in rank with their Pack-mates.  The event will be from 7:00 to 8:00pm.