A method to her madness...

Occasionally Mallory gets to visit Nancy, who is my friend Penny's mom. Nancy had a funny little story for us when we picked Mallory up on Monday.
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Apparently while eating lunch, Nancy tried to give Mallory a little macaroni and cheese (which she loves) and she wanted nothing to do with it. So in all her wisdom (seriously), she suggested Penny's son Alex, 2 1/2, try feeding Mallory. And, what do you know? She ate it. Nancy grabbed the spoon, Mallory refused the bite. Enter Alex with the spoon ... she ate like a champ.
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There must be a method to 18-month-old madness, right?