Pepsi

For those of you that know Doug - you know he likes Pepsi! Well, the last year or so, Doug has decided to only drink Pepsi for special occasions. Now, special occasions can be going out to dinner, going over to a friends house, his birthday (or anybodies birthday), being done with school etc. etc. But the point was not to have it all the time, because he knows it is not good for him.

So last night at dinner Doug was drinking a Pepsi because we had friends over this weekend (a special occasion), and we had some Pepsi left over from that.

The conversation between him and Noah goes something like this: Noah- "What is that black stuff?" Doug replies, "It is Daddy's drink". Noah asks: "What is it?" Doug replies "It is Pepsi" Noah asks "May I have some Daddy please?" Doug responds: "No, it isn't good for you - I shouldn't be drinking it - water is healthy for you - you have water, and that is good for you". As he is saying this Doug is realizing this isn't a very good way to teach, and comments on that to me. Noah then points to the Pepsi and says: "Daddy, you shouldn't drink that, it isn't healthy for you." Doug agrees: "You are right, I shouldn't be drinking it" And he goes and pours it all out in the sink and comes back with a glass of water. "Now I have water, and this is yummy and healthy for me". Nothing like getting convicted by a 2 year old!

Later that evening, Noah tells me, "We don't drink Pepsi, it isn't healthy for us, we drink water - it is healthy for us.