To the untrained eye, this picture looks like a bowl of popcorn.
To the trained eye (or me), it's a dinner-finishing bribery tool. I didn't use it on purpose, but it worked out well. Little Miss conveniently decided she was done eating when I started clearing plates from the table (even though Jason was still sitting with her), even though she still seemed hungry. We checked a million times to make sure she was done, and then we packed up her leftovers.
Not 5 minutes later, she asked for popcorn. Of course, we told her she couldn't have popcorn since she didn't eat her dinner. Amazingly enough, she went running for her chair and said she'd finish her chicken if she could have popcorn.
Ta-da! Chicken was finished and she gobbled up a bowl of popcorn, too. Funny how the right motivation can get dinner finished!
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