The Moods of a Plate

I'm a pretty wordy person, so I have been trying to teach Teddy different words and their meanings. I mean, why have one word for, say blue, when there can be so many more. Take the word happy, for instance. I always encourage Teddy to make a "happy" plate--you know, eat everything I put on your plate or no dessert. Well, he is getting too smart. The other night at dinner he said, "Mommy." (LONG PAUSE) "Do I have to make a happy plate or a content plate?" I, of course, chuckled and said what? He repeated himself....and that night he got away with just a content plate.