Bargaining 101 with a 3 year old

Oh, do we bargain these days. Really we have been for quite a while but lately numbers are involved. Drew, you need to eat 4 bites of your carrots. How 'bout 2 mom. No 4. How 'bout 3? OK 3 - deal! This happens all the time. A little negotiation goes a long way with veggies. Now he's started with everything else. Mom, can we play with puzzles. Yes, we can do a couple. Why not a lot? We don't have time for a lot right now. OK, can we play with 4? No two...you get the idea. The latest - time. Which is really funny because he has no idea what a minute is or how to read a clock. But he does know numbers and negotiating so it still applies. Take this morning. Drew - you have two more minutes then we have to leave for school. Why not three? OK, you can have three minutes, then we have to go to school. So 2 minutes later I go in. Drew, it's time to go to school. But why not three mom? It has been three buddy! Oh, ok. Time to go to school, are my friends going to be there? Ah, life is easy. I'm not really sure I want him to learn how to read a clock!