Thursday, December 1, 2011

Reasoning with a 3 year old

Here's how I know reasoning and logic do not work with three year olds...

Heidi: Can I have milk when we get home?

Me: I don't know, you didn't drink all your milk last night and we had to throw it away, that's like throwing money in the garbage.

Heidi: You threw my cup in the garbage?

Me: No, but we had to dump the milk out and milk costs money.

Heidi: We can buy more at the grocery store.

Me: Yes, but that costs money and we shouldn't waste things, we need to use what we have.

Silence for roughly two minutes.

Heidi: So, can I have milk when we get home?



Side story, not t all related to the above. She's discovered tucking her hair behind her ears (thank God). Tonight she goes: "When my hair gets in my face, I just go like this! [tucks hair behind her ears]. If you do that, you can come to my party!"

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