So, everyone who's completed high school psychology has heard of Pavlov's Dog... I have not only proven this theory, but put it to good use around the home. We recently celebrated two birthdays, which means I have an excess of cupcakes and cake lying around my house. Children LOVE cake.
I say, take that cake and use it to your own advantage. I have successfully managed to get my now 5 year old to clean her room FOR REAL, not just shove everything in the closet so Mom "thinks" it's clean; and have even managed to get the now 12 year old to keep his nasty, stanky socks out of my family room... I tell you... Cake can work wonders in the house.
I may actually start making cakes, just so my kids will do what I want. You may call it bribery, but I call it a happy home. If a little bit of flour, yeast and sugar can make my kids actually pick up after themselves; well, call me Marie Antoinette, and "Let them eat CAKE!"
You can use cake for darn near anything. Need laundry separated? CAKE. Need floors vacuumed? CAKE. Need toilets cleaned???? CAKE!!!! Damn, I rule! Why didn't my mother think of this when I was a kid???? Of course, this is the same woman, who, when I turned sixteen thought it would be a good idea to get me a french silk pie to celebrate the occasion... Have I not mentioned I HATE pie????
Ok, so, pumpkin pie is good, but other than that... not a big pie fan. I have never made the slightest inclination for anyone to assume I actually even tolerate pie, much less will eat it without there being turkey, dressing and mashed potatoes to accompany it.
So, I have completely gone off topic... ADD anyone? Oh look! A butterfly!
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