Cookie Capers ...

We have a rule in our house: no sweets or treats until you've had a piece of fruit or a vegetable. For the most part the kids are good about following this rule, even to the point of letting their friends know when they come over. Going to a friend's house, on the other, is different entirely. They still know my rule, but if another parent doesn't care, my kids certainly aren't going to insist on a piece of broccoli before accepting a cookie. Would you?!

This morning, Willa was playing at her friend Marc's house. Marc's mom baked cookies with them and made macaroni for lunch. I picked Willa up after lunch to take her to school.

I just a call from Marc's mom. She was cleaning up after we left and noticed two cookies left on the plate of four she'd put out for Marc and Willa. She asked Marc if they'd only eaten one cookie each.

"No," Marc replied, "I had two. Willa didn't eat hers."

"Why not?"

"You told her she had to eat her apple first and she wasn't finished it when her mom came to the door."

Happy sweeping!

Kathleen Gunther
Editor, ContestHound.com