the 2-year-old fibbed!

mae's entry:

Look at that cute grin! Elliot is standing in front of our veggie garden in his bumble-bee gum boots gifted by Paul & Kim for his 2nd birthday.

Yup, he's only just turned 2 and he's already on the fast-track on committing a felony. (Seeing how what he does now is clearly an indication of how he will be as an adult....As some parents declare when their kids do anything good i.e. "oh, he's good at building blocks, he'll be an engineer," or anything bad i.e. "oh, he fibbed, he's going to a maximum security prison.")

This morning, Elliot wanted to play a PlayStation game before he even had his breakfast (he's usually allowed some game time in the afternoon). So naturally, I didn't let him, and put him at the dining table to eat. Aiden was dutifully polishing off his breakfast, knowing full well that game time was not a possibility.

Elliot threw a tantrum and I brought him to the kitchen where he tried to run out, the whole time shouting "Pay-stay-SHUNNNNN!". And the whole time I was sitting in the doorway blocking him, and I kept repeating "No playstation, Elliot. Breakfast time."

And here was when it got tricky. He stood in the doorway, with me blocking, and then he pointed to his pirate ship a few feet in front of us in the louge, and said quite plaintively, "Play?" Hmmm. I paused. His little voice chipped away at my resolve. I figured if he was not going to eat at all, I'd prefer that he play with a toy (that didn't need a screen) and goes hungry. So I said OK and let him through the doorway....and instead of running to the ship, he took off as fast as his little legs could carry him, to the left, straight for the PS2! HE FAKED ME OUT!

What the...? Elliot fibbed?? We're still at the stage where his babytalk isn't always decipherable...What just happened?

Sheesh.

I ran after him and intercepted the play for the PlayStation, and yes, there was a little tantrum, and yes, breakfast soon went down because he was hungry.

So no big drama - just some insight that Elliot is a little cleverer than I gave him credit for.