Wednesday, February 21, 2007

One Extra Lick

So Gamble had some leftover Valentine's Day candy from school that he brought home yesterday. One of these, the one that he wanted very badly, was a heart-shaped hard candy lolly that he kept asking about over and over.

So we typically don't do candy, but we're trying to relax a little bit for him right now, so we said that he could have a few licks if he would throw it out afterwards. He agreed, and negotiated three licks.

And after three licks, he dutifully walked it over to the garbage.

He held it close just before he put it in the garbage. Then he gave it one last tiny lick. Just a little act of defiance. I didn't call him on it. He's been through quite a bit the past couple weeks.

And still I wonder whether I should have.

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