For about the last 3 years, Bryan and I have a standing date pretty much every night about 9 pm. He makes brownies (GF baby...all the way!) and we have ice cream (or when I was trying to lose weight, frozen yogurt). Now the brownies usually get done around 8:30, then they have to cool, then we put the chocolate pudding on, then that has to set up for a few minutes, so we unknowingly created a 10 minute window of opportunity.
In the last year or so, we started noticing these double slash marks in the brownies....not big chunks gone, nothing like that. Just two parallel lines in the pudding, every single time. The children were all asleep, so it couldn't have been them. Had someone broken into our home, realized the only thing of value was brownies, only to find they were gluten free, so they slashed them sheerly out of spite? Could it have something to do with Area 51...a lazy crop circle perhaps??? Was there some serial treat thief warning us of things to come??? It was a baffling mystery for months.
Then one highly ordinary evening, during the time in question, I ventured back into the kitchen for a drink. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw of flash of something tearing around the corner. "What the...?" I thought! I stealthfully slipped around the corner to find all the children sound asleep. Yet, upon further inspection, my 2nd oldest though obviously in deep slumber had apparently been interrupted during her mission, as a nice chocolate ring surrounded her mouth. She didn't move, so if the evidence didn't suggest otherwise, I would have sworn she was asleep.
When I asked about it the next morning (to all the kids, not just her), a look of surprise casted over her face, and she said, "How did you know about that?!"
Mystery solved :)
9 comments:
What a little sneak! That is so funny. I love that she's been doing that for so long and had you completely fooled! She's great.
-Laura
Awesome liah! I can't believe that she fakes asleep good enough to fool you all this time - my kids aren't that good. Sounds like a fun date - I'd weigh 700 pounds by now though, so more power to ya, babe!
I'm with Laura...what a little sneak. You can't hide from the chocolate ring.
WOW - I can't believe that she went so long without being caught! This is a fantastic tale! Now you are going to have to put the brownies in the front room to cool! BWAHAHAAHAA
Too funny!! I love the title too!! Liah may be a spy at some future point - watch out for any government officials that may come by to talk to you - I bet they already realize this talent of hers!!
Sneaky, sneaky!! How funny is that and you didn't know who or what it was for so long!!
That's hilarious! I love her response the morning after. Remember when you were little and thought you were being so tricky...only to get totally busted by your parents later...and you wondered how in the world they knew??
your kids are gonna get away with murder girl, if you really didn't suspect those sleeping "angels". that's hilariously funny - especially the chocolate ring around her mouth.
Okay, my use of the italics didn't convey this, but I really did know it was the kids :) I promise! I had my suspicions it was Liah, but I couldn't ever catch her, and the girl's ability to fake sleep is second only to her cousin, Connor. She is a master, I tell you! Today, it was the brownies....tomorrow, taking the car for midnight slurpee runs. Pray for me :)
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