Making Smart Choices

As we were walking through the kitchen today, Eli spied the plate of cupcakes on the counter.

"Cupcake!" he shouted.

"Would you like a cupcake?" I asked, since I have found that he is more agreeable if he actually gets his way sometimes.

"Cupcake! Cupcake!"

I took that as an affirmative and strapped him into his highchair. That is when he saw the bag of apples next to the tray of cupcakes.

"Apple!" he shouted. Eli does not say anything in a normal volume.

"Do you want a cupcake or do you want an apple?"

"Apple! Cupcake! Cupcake! Apple!"

Poor guy was so conflicted. I gave him both.