"Okay. What did you do with the breakfast you didn't eat?"
"Where?"
"At the table, where you ate it this morning - well, some of it, anyway - you know, the mini chocolate doughnuts?"
"Oh ... I'll eat those, too."
"Okay."
"Daddy-y ... What else can I eat?"
"You can have a granola bar."
"Okay, can I watch TV?"
"Did you pick up your coloring book?"
(Quickly running to pick it up and put her book and crayons away.)
"Yes, I did."
"Okay, you can have a granola bar, your chocolate doughnuts, and watch one 'kids' show."
"Thank you, Daddy ... uhh ... Can you turn the TV on?"
"Yes." (Smile, sigh, relax, and remember that she's four ... and a girl.)
