Two-and-a-Half Year Old Impulse Control

Lola is very rational for a two-and-a-half year old. But her reason has its limits. At about 7:30 this morning, she and I made brownies for her school going-away party today. At about 10:30, we cut them and set them on a plate. At 12:30, after we finished lunch, I moved the brownies from the back of the kitchen counter to the dining room table and told Lola, "Now we need to wait to eat these until Amber and Shemya come over." Josh and I were both completing tasks at the time, but thirty seconds later, Lola walked into the kitchen with a bitten brownie in hand. Oops!--K