the knowles household are fighting off colds and we are putting our 'snot sucker' to good use. neve does not enjoy this nearly as much as we do and now runs a mile at the slightest mention of it. he is however old enough to bargain with.
this week we have been exploring the limits of bargaining with chocolate. this is not something we found in any of the parenting bibles but there is a book to be written about the simplicity of life with a bag of cadbury's buttons. 'finish your carrots', 'put the trains away', 'bring me the tv remote', 'come out of the bath'... all very straightforward really and he is even happy to be pinned down for a spot of nostril mining.
lily finds all of this extremely amusing and is working on some big gummy chuckles. her own sessions with the snot sucker are punctuated with finger sucking and some beautiful cooing to the hourly renditions of 'twinkle twinkle' and 'happy birthday.' we know how to have fun!
We're all for bribery here! Jaffa Cakes and Jelly Babies next. Bag and Bat xxxxxxxx
Posted by: Andrew & Diane Knowles | 29 January 2012 at 05:01 PM