Olivia, stomping into the kitchen after we'd all come home from work/school yesterday afternoon: "Mommy! I want a juice box! Now!"

Me: "Olivia! You do not talk to mommy that way. Say it nicely."

Olivia: "Mommy! I want a juice box! Now! Nicely!"

After a few more... elaborations... on what nicely actually meant, she got her juice box.

Funny, but the same line said to Ellen from me later was quite ineffective when I wanted a beer from the fridge.