Broccoli VS Diet Coke

For months the kids have been trying to get Kyle and Hollie to stop drinking pop. One night at dinner Alison was complaining about having to eat a couple bites of green beans. She was being so dramatic about it that Hollie thought there was a 0% chance she would eat them and saw an opportunity to get Alison to stop harassing her about drinking her Diet Coke. She told Ali that if she ate all of her vegetables then she would be healthy too and stop drinking soda for the next day. Alison got a devious glint in her eye and started shoveling all of the vegetables into her mouth while her mom sat there shocked. True to her word, Hollie did not drink soda the next day. But at lunch when the broccoli came out Alison said she would eat it all if the same deal was made. What is a mom to do? Hollie went ahead and made the deal. Since then Alison has asked for broccoli from the store so she can continue to keep eating her vegetables to keep her mom from soda. It has even now extended to Kyle not drinking it if Brittney eats her vegetables. Kyle and Hollie have almost completely stopped drinking soda and are trying to be healthy with better eating habits and exercise. The kids LOVE it!