Russell's Delay Tactics

Lately Russell gets out of bed almost as soon as we are up the stairs. His delay tactics for bedtime include: he's hungry (we have a rule though, if your teeth are already brushed the kitchen is closed= nothing more to eat), "My nails are sharp. They need trimmed," (the kid hates getting his nails trimmed and is often accompanied with a bribe), and a new tactic was a fake cough... cough, cough, sputter, cough... "Mom, I have a cough. I don't want to wake up Lucas. I need to be upstairs."