No cake for you!

"I'm not talking to you, Mummy" (after being reminded of one of the house rules)
*Stalks off to her bedroom*
"MUMMY!!!!! COME AND SEE ME NOT TALKING TO YOU!"
We'd made a cake earlier in the day, so I thought this was the perfect bribe...
"Little girls who don't talk to their Mummies don't get any cake."
"I am talking to you, Mummy! See - I was just joking!"

Ten minutes later I was on the phone to Michele...

"Mummy are you not talking to me?"
I pout my lips and shake my head
"Well, you're not a talky girl, are you? I guess there won't be any cake for you then!"