Carrot Race

Tonight for dinner the girls had some carrots. I sliced them up thinly, cooked them, and then simmered them in a mixture of margarine and honey. Last time I did this both girls ate them quickly and asked for more. Due to the full moon I had to coax them into eating them this evening.

I did it this way.

"Okay, let's have a carrot eating contest. Who can eat ten the fastest? Ready? Go!"

Each girl put a carrot in her mouth. "That's one. Grab number two."

Inwe says, "That's three for me."

"Nope, just two. I didn't see the third one go in. Okay. Get three."

Inwe says, "Now I'm on four."

"If I don't see it, the carrot doesn't count. That's just three. Ready for four, Larien?"

"Mommy, look." I turned my head to see Inwe with her mouth open with two unchewed carrots in her mouth. "See? Four!" Phill began laughing so hard that I had to give in.

"Okay. Four. Just don't show me that way again. Show it to me before you put it in your mouth!"