We have new neighbors. They seem really nice but I think there will be an adjustment period. My 10 year old son is learning how to play the recorder and paybacks...well, you know what they say about that.
Today I made a giant tray of dark chocolate brownies. My kids are going to be stoked when they come home from school. I try to get them to eat healthy and make better choices but today, brownies will undoubtedly beat out the prunes and Meusli bars. I'm just saying...
Speaking of brownies, funny story-Circa 1976: My dad was given a plate of special brownies by a groovy neighbor. My father, not a partaker of such brownies, did not know what to do with them. So, as any good parent would do with a giant plate of special brownies, he put them in the closet. Yes, the closet.
Why the closet, you ask?
In his defense, my dad said that he didn't want us fishing them out of the garbage, as we undoubtedly would, until he could dispose of them properly. In an odd way, it makes sense. The four of us girls, all under the age of 6, did our share of mischief and troublemaking.
My sister, running undiscovered in toddler-stealth mode, broke into the closet and found the brownies. Oh, yes. She ate an undisclosed amount and when she was found out, dad was NOT happy. She couldn't have been older than 4, if that. She cried a lot, rummaged in the pantry for some Doritos, and then took a really long nap. Okay, not the Doritos part but after that incident, we never had 'brownies' grace our house again.
Good times. Good times.
~Bee will never have special brownies, either.
12 comments:
Ooops! Not good...
Oh my goodness... that is crazy.
That's too funny!
So does that mean they were doused with special ingredients? I don't get it. Did your sis get ultra paranoid from eating said brownies? HMMM?
LOL
Did the neighbor's secret ingredient make your sister sleep? Did she laugh a lot like our President did on 60 minutes last Sunday night? LOL
Oh Nooo... special brownies... yeah... I've heard a few stories about them myself, but will have to add myself to your tagline as well... sarahgrace will never have special brownies, either.
But you know, regular brownies sound really good right now.
Wow. You know...
Wow.
My sibs and I have some interesting stories to tell – and more come out as the years go by – but hash brownies? No. Can't top that.
Umm, crunch Oh-licious. Not that I being a 70s kind of gal would even know it they were crunchy or not.
Here is an interesting mix if you dare to try...
Brownies with beer (instead of milk) but not for the under aged. Duh!
Now isn't this just lovely? I must sound like some druggie drinker.
Hum interesting persona don't ya think?
Wow, I'm not sure whether to shake my head or laugh..I'm going with the laughing. Too funny. :)
Okay...I have actually read this before...but I am just now getting...Paybacks are a b1tc# and the doobie sisters.
just now.
Gad. I am a bit lame.
He he he.
A really long nap.
Yeah, I'll bet.
That is TOO funny! Your dad; what a sweetheart.
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