To eat or not to eat Lasagna
Normally my boys love Lasagna.
But last night they decided they didn’t like it.
They decided even before they tried it.
They decided even before they sat down, or wahsed their hands.
They decided that they didn’t like Lasagna, when they were outside.
I think this has everything to do with it, becasue they were having fun outside, and didn’t want to stop even for Lasagna, therefore Lasagna must be evil for making them stop, and how could they like something evil.
So I try bribing.
“If you eat your Lasagna, then youcan have ice cream”
I was goign to give them ice cream anyway so it was a safe bribe in my mind.
Sergey decided to try a bit of Lasagna, and devoured it and demanded two more helping even when offered ice cream as an alternitive.
Damien found some stale half chewed waffle bits on the kitchen table left over from breakfast and declared his “I don’t like lasagna” as he ran out of the room, clutching his prechewed food.
So dad just focused on the child behaving (devoureing his Lasagna like a good boy should) and when Damien wanted to watch TV I told him we were still eating our Lasagna, and he would have to wait, but he could play in the great room or read a book, but not go outside.
Damien cam back again with a Russian cartoon (my weak spot) and asked if he could watch it, he had even thoughtfully removed the DVD from its case (ack). But I told him now we were eating ice cream so when we were done then sure.
Ice cream, about 1 table spoon, of vanilla, and 5 inches of whipped cream is how Sergey likes his ice cream. When he finally gets to the ice cream he often complains that it is too cold (he is not real clear on ice cream)
Now Damien is interested, but he still protests and declairs “I don’t like, I don’t like it“. He did try a little bit of Lasagna, but then got distracted playing with Mommy who was to tempting just lyingon the couch just minding her own business.
So I packed them both Lasagna for lunch at school today with extra cheese, as well as a pepermint (candy cane) treat if they ate all their Lasagna. I can’t wait to hear how that went. 