Naomi was wishing to sample one of the baked good Michael and I made today -- I made an old standby and Michael tried something new. The new recipe is what she was trying, having already had (and enjoyed) some of the old standby.
She ate a bite of the new recipe. Then she dawdled for a while. We needed to get to bed, and told her it was time to get ready.
"But I haven't finished!" she wailed.
We exhorted her to finish, then.
"But it doesn't TASTE good!" she wailed.
We told her she didn't have to eat it. Far be it from us to force our children to eat baked goods! We would happily clear it away and she could be finished.
"But I want to eat it!" she wailed.
We asked why, since she didn't like it. No reason was forthcoming, but she continued to object wildly to losing her baked good. We offered to trade her nasty-tasting baked good for some more of the old standby. She was very agreeable to the trade and promptly polished of more of the old standby. Then it was time to get ready for bed.
"Where's my [nasty baked good]?" she wailed.
We tried to remind her about how she didn't like it and had traded it in. We're still not sure if it worked. But she is in bed and asleep, and we have learned our lesson. The new baked good will not be offered to Naomi again.
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