Me: [trying to grab the food plate] Let's put this back where it belongs.
River: [head-butts my hand away] Noooo! I was heating it up. I like warm paste!
Me: Dude, the plate is flipped over. You can't eat it that way. Let me have it.
River: [puts all of her 3 pound weight on my hand trying to pin it down] My paste! Mine.
Me: [manages to get the plate without making a mess] Here, now you can eat your food...while it's still warm.
River: [sulking intensifies] I don't want it now.







