A Very Successful Bribe

So, since I knew that Grandma Loey would be staying with Lauren the nite of Curious George and we would be out past her bedtime, I decided to try a little bribe to make sure she went to sleep relatively close to bedtime. And, no, I am not above bribing my two-year old, I just don't make a habit of it!

So, in the days leading up to this, I told her if she was really good for Grandma and went right to sleep at bedtime, she would get a special ice cream treat from the Dairy Queen the next day. And of course, like clockwork, it was the first thing she asked for when she woke up on Saturday. I was able to put the treat off until after lunchtime. So we got in the car to head to Dairy Queen, but I wanted to run past the Fairgrounds to check out the circus that was going on later that day.

Of course the little smarty pants knew right away we weren't heading to get ice cream, so for the entire drive up Main Street, she proceeded to ask me a hundred questions as to what we were doing and I tried to explain without mentioning the circus. Finally, after she had enough, she gave a big sigh and said "Oh, I just can't take it anymore" in her most serious grown up voice! I had tears I was laughing so hard!