Picking Battles

When you have a 2 year old who is into everything, you pick your battles carefully. Each morning I ask the boys what they want to drink. Each morning, Philip goes to the fridge, and insists on trying the lemon juice. That's right, the big bottle of Real Lemon in the door next to the apple juice. It is a type of juice, after all. And each morning, I tell him how he really doesn't want that. A fit usually ensues, as Philip pleads his case for the lemon juice.

This has been going on for several weeks, so this morning, I gave in. I poured a little lemon juice in his glass and gave it to him. I really should have gotten the camera, because it was priceless (and a little bit sad) to see his face quickly go from eager and excited to downright sour. In fact, I feel a little mean. After all, it was funny - just a little bit funny!

We will see if he asks again tomorrow. My guess is that he won't.