Getting to dang smart…

As most of you know, Sam is sometimes a slighty particular eater. Ok… he's really picky and it drives Holly and I nuts. So to persuade Sam into better eating habits, we've started to say no snacks at bedtime if he doesn't eat a good dinner. Well what typically happens is a temper tantrum around 7:30pm and Sam whining that he's hungry all the way to bedtime.  Well Sam has come to realize not all snacks are created equal. Tonight Holly made dinner, and in typical fashion, Sam turned his nose at it. Holly said fine, no snacks tonight. 7:30 rolls around and Sam starts whining about being hungry. Holly tells Sam no because he didn't eat his dinner. Not 5 seconds later he comes back and says what if he had a good snack, like an apple or banana.

Really?!?! At three years old he already knows how to work around the 'no snack, because you didn't your dinner' rule. I'm already starting to get worried about when we get have to start working on curfews and car usage.