silly seth!

so, i just want to share the joy of my life, which is a conversation with seth (read with a sarcastic tone). this was basically what happened at dinner, but is characteristic of what goes on many times a day.

me: anyone who finishes thier dinner gets a cookie

seth: i wanna cookie

m: okay, finish your dinner

s: otay

m: (after a minute or so) seth, eat your dinner.

s: i don't like dinner (it's shepherd's pie)

m: you have this all the time

s: i don't want to eat

m: do you want a cookie?

s: yeah i wanna cookie

m: okay, eat your food

s: i don't like food

m: okay, no cookie

s: i wanna cookie

m: okay eat your dinner first, and then you get a cookie

s: i don't want to eat

m: fine, no cookie

s: i wanna cookie

m: sorry, only if you eat your food.

s: i wanna cookie

m: eat your dinner all gone

s: i don't like dinner

m: okay, no cookie...

anyway, it keeps going on like this for at least half an hour. finally, after all the other kids got theirs, seth got serious and wanted to eat (after i had to explain again multiple times that he only gets one if he eats his dinner). but, he first wanted jeremy to feed him, but then i had to sit there for the next 15 minutes feeding him bites, in between him running all over the house chasing liam. after each bite, he would ask for the cookie again, but i kept having to say that he only gets it after it's ALL gone. this boy is relentless!

however, i do have to say that there have been worse ones, like him wanting to watch tv and i say no, about 20 times in response to his 20 of the same question. eventually he'll say "otay" and drop it, but i haven't figured out the magical response that gets him to that point. some day!