Dylan's Promise

For three days, Dylan REFUSED to eat his home-made sandwich that I made him for his school lunch. Even he and I went to the store, I had him picking his own meat sandwich. Well, for the last three days I kept finding his remaining sandwiches in his lunch box. When I asked him why his sandwich was still in his lunch box, his lame excuses were, " I don't have the time, " or " I was full."

So, my husband David and I came up with a brilliant idea. Dylan has agreed to keep his promise by eating sandwich in a front of us for two evenings. In order to prove this to you, he signed in a front of my husband's Treo Video Pager.

(Translate: Yes, Promise. I will eat sandwich. Promise Promise Promise. Swearing. We will go "trying to finger spelling for Soak City", but he left an unfinished sentence.)

Do you know what would happen if he failed to keep his promise? It means that he would not be able to attend Soak City nearby our home on the weekend before it closes for the rest of the year after Labor's Weekend.

Dylan is a REALLY BRIGHT young boy, but we are bright enough to force him to eat in A FRONT OF US. Otherwise, he would have sneak it out and throw it away at school. I was in the kitchen watching him to eat an entire turkey, lettuce and mayonnaise per his request. (He would rather to have Grilled Sandwich daily, but I wouldn't let him because he needs to try different kinds of sandwiches.) In fact, this took him a long while to complete while his younger brother, Ryan just galloped within twenty minutes of his entire dinner. Finally, he was able to keep his promise. That relieved us!