I made sandwiches for my children the other day. I would love to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for them but as my son has a reaction to peanuts at this age, we avoid them for now. Still, a sandwich with honey and Biscoff spread is still quite a treat and my kids were enjoying eating them. Then they got full.
I didn't want to throw the sandwiches away, so I told them I would hide a marshmallow in the middle of their sandwiches if they would finish eating them. Sure, they said, and I went off to get a single marshmallow for each of them.
The only requirements were that they couldn't look for the marshmallow and that they had to finish their entire (half) sandwich. Did we have a deal? Yes, we did.
It was the easiest bribe I've ever gotten away with with my children.
The Big Boy Update: My son was playing with toys in his room and wanted one that was hard to reach. He looked at me and said, "I want my dragon name." It took me a minute to realize he wanted the handmade dragon on wheels with his name spelled out in hand-cut letters on its back. A friend of my father's made it for him several years ago and although my son still can't read, he likes his, "dragon name" toy.
The Tiny Girl Chronicles: We went to a holiday brunch today with friends. They suggested waiting in line to sit on Santa's lap. As we got to the very front of the line, I told my children, "we're next." It was then that the assistant told me in a whisper, "Santa needs to take a five-minute break to go to the bathroom." I told my children that Santa would be right back and that he needed to go to the potty. My daughter looked at me and said with a questioning look on her face, "does Santa have underpants?"
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