Choices

Dearest Skyler,

We have been trying to teach you the need to make a better choice and today was yet another opportunity to do so.

You woke up a bit cranky today as we'd gone to bed so late yesterday and you woke up so early this morning. Anyway, we were clearing out the kitchen and we took out the tub of love letters that had been bought around the Chinese New Year period at the beginning of this year but never got around to eating. Thus, they've been around for a few months. We wanted to try them to see if they were still edible.

You spotted the tub and insisted on eating one of the love letters. We were reluctant to let you do so as they'd been around for so long. We then tried to discourage you from eating it by telling you to choose between eating this probably stale love letter and having fresh Pocky biscuits later during lunch. You started whining about wanting to eat the love letters then and there and that you would forego the Pocky biscuits that you love so much! We felt that this was a bad mistake and a very poor choice but to make you stop whining, we decided to give in to you.

Papa gave you one love letter after trying one himself. It was still crispy but tasted somewhat stale. It wasn't nice at all. But Papa knew that you were not going to stop whining until you took one yourself no matter what Papa might say. Papa felt that it was still safe to eat though not nice at all so Papa gave you one. You agreed with Papa that it was not nice at all.

But you were a very good girl. At lunch, you didn't ask for a Pocky biscuit at all! You got your marshmallows instead as we agreed while we were at home that you were not allowed Pocky biscuits but you were still allowed marshmallows. However, we really didn't want to deprive you of your favourite Pocky biscuits so towards the end of the meal, Mama asked you if you wanted the biscuits and you of course replied that you did and we allowed you to have a few.

We do hope that you learn to make the right choices in life, Darling. This is a very minor decision as far as repercussions go but these are the baby steps you need to take to learning how to make decisions that count.

Papa and Mama love you lots!