How not to negotiate with a three year old…
So we decided to ask Belle, Chris’ youngest niece, to be my flower girl at the wedding.
She was running around at the hospital, so I grabbed her, sat her on my knee facing me and said:
“So monkey, you know how me and Uncle Chris are getting married?”
“Like a wedding with a princess dress?” she said.
“Yes” I replied, “so I’m going to need a flower girl, someone like you to walk down the aisle in front of me in a pretty dress, will you be a flower girl for me?”
“Ummmm” she said, “can I have a headband?”
“Yes you can have a headband” I said. “If I get you a headband will you be our flower girl?”
“And a heart necklace?” said Belle.
“Yes, you can have a headband and a heart necklace” I said. “If I get you a headband and a heart necklace will you be a flower girl and wear a pretty dress?”
“Will it have buttons, and a zip?” She asked.
“Ok’ I said ‘so if I get you a headband and heart necklace, will you be a flower girl and wear a pretty dress that has buttons and a zip?”
She then turned to Chris with a massive grin on her face and said..
“I’m going to be a flower girl!”
She’s three…