"I not eat pancakes!!"

Connor loves pancakes. We eat them just about every morning. This morning at 9:00, I fixed Connor pancakes. He sat down at the table and said (in his batman voice), "I not eat pancakes." I asked him to just eat a few bites. He pushed his plate across the table, looked at me and said, "I said, I not eat pancakes." I was fuming. I told him, you will not get out of that seat until you eat your pancakes. At 10:00, I warmed them up, but he just pushed the plate away. I had a showing scheduled for 12:00. So at 11:30, Connor finally got out of his seat...without eating one bite of pancakes. I don't know many 2 1/2 year olds that will sit at a table for over two hours, just to prove a point. I may have met my match.