Speechless and Amused

When my kids were young and asked to do something that I really did not want to let them do, rather than having the kid have a meltdown when I said "No", I would always say "We'll see" and hope that they either would forget about it or eventually tire of asking and the crisis would be averted--without my ever uttering the word NO.  This worked for many years but then Nick got wise....

Nick was in elementary school when he asked to do something and when I answered "We'll see" he countered with "We'll see just means NO later!".  Wow. He was right and it left me speechless but amused that this little human was calling me out. I loved it.

Yesterday I got to witness the next generation of child psychology vs brilliant child when I went to dinner with Nick and his kids.  While Nick was tending to the baby, my grandson grabbed the salt shaker and decided to season his rice....a lot. When I told him to hold up on the salt, his Daddy quickly grabbed the shaker from his hand and this exchange went down:

Nick: You just ruined your rice.

Kid: No I didn't.

Nick: Yes. You. Did. You put too much salt on it. Go ahead and take a big bite of it and tell me what you think.

Kid: (Takes a huge bite of his rice, looks at his Daddy) Mmmmmmmm.

Speechless and amused.