Smarty Pants

Scott was over for his weekly visit one Friday night. I ran to the corner store to get something and told Ruby I would get her a treat. Pudding caught my eye as I walked through the store. Pudding it was! Ruby had never heard of pudding but happily finished her dinner so she could have a taste. Hmm...I wonder if she liked it?



At some point, Ruby dropped her spoon on the floor. Scott picked it up. She thought it was funny so she dropped it again. Scott picked it up again. I'm sure you can see where this is going. Here's the conversation after that:

Scott: I'm only going to pick it up one more time.
Ruby: Okay.
Scott: If you drop it after that, I'm not going to pick it up.
Ruby: Okay.
Scott: I'll pick it up one more time. After that, it's going to stay on the floor.
Ruby: Okay.
Scott (picking up the spoon): Okay. Here's the spoon. If you drop it, what's going to happen?
Ruby: Mommy will get it!

Smarty pants!