Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Would the Real Betty Please STOP!

My older two children shuffled about the kitchen getting their breakfast as I cut cantelope and packed lunches and snacks, thoughtfully balancing healthy food, enough food, and today a brownie for a treat.  Ok...I will fess up on the brownies because it is actually self serving that I am being such a Betty Crocker Mom. 

I baked brownies for my son's lacrosse team to have after their first game on Sunday.  (Yes, I am trying to get the other kids to hack at his ankles less..shhhh!)  So we, in our cute family cooking way, made a double batch of the family size box. (NO!  I do not ever make brownies from scratch.  And for some of you, no...box-o-brownies is not scratch) Anywho..the game was cancelled!!  I was left with all those brownies!!  I realize this is not the biggest problem one could have.   However, consider the timing.  The sun is out...eventually it will be warm...flip-flops have made their debut.  Do you see where this is leading???  Eventually I will need to be wearing the dreaded, and yet so desired bathingsuit!!!!

So brownies...bathingsuit.  You with me?  Unless you have the self control I completely lack, you now see the problem I am facing and my attempt to combat it.  In addition to the issue of my probable walk-by-brownie-munching, my children (due to responsible parenting on my part) do not do this.  They are reasonable eaters...well 2 out of 3 are.  It would take them a month to eat all the brownines I could scarf down in an evening leaving me with chocolate in my teeth, regret in my head, and a change in bathing suit style.  "Do you carry those fanny hugger kind that take ten pounds off?"

So yesterday was bring a brownie to your teachers day, today was bring a brownie to a friend day...  Keep in mind that the freshness level is wearing off, which means nothing to me in my time of need, but certainly changes who we can pawn them off on.  Suggestions? 

Saturday is now the new first game.  I will naturally be baking brownies again!  If it does however rain, would you all support my cause and graba  brownie as you drive by!!!

1 comment:

  1. I was happy to help you out my friend! The brownie was delicious! Life is toooo short....eat brownies!

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