Growing Up Geeky: In which Daddy teaches toddler how to defeat him

Among his sister's friends, Mike is quite famous for his epic pout face. He has even been known to out-pout cute little girls. I'm a little embarrassed to admit that after 7 years of dating (and 3.5 of marriage), it still works on me. I think he should consider himself lucky.

While photos certainly can't do it justice, I love this one so I had to share.

Mike and our flower girl in a pout-off, about 5 years ago. Hope she doesn't kill me for posting this ;)

As Carina's eyes turned from slate blue to brown in the months following her birth, we knew she was going to have those pouty, puppy-dog eyes just like Mike. We joked that it was going to be so easy for her to get whatever she wants from us with a simple curl of the lip and widening of her eyes.

So, when Mike started showing her how to pout the other day I couldn't help but laugh. He already {practically} can't say "no" to her. This? Is not going to help...